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Kusari-fundo
Kusari-fundo (鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (kusari) with a weight (fundo) attached to each end of the chain.[1] Various sizes and shapes of chain and weight were used as there was no set rule on the construction of these weapons. Other popular names are manrikigusari (萬力鏈) (lit. 'ten-thousand-power chain')[2] or just manriki.[3]
- ^ Spike and Chain: Japanese Fighting Arts, Gruzanski, Charles V. ISBN 10: 0804805407
- ^ Ratti, Oscar; Westbrook, Adele. Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan, Tuttle Publishing, 1991 p. 317
- ^ Mol, Serge. Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts Kodansha International, 2003 pp. 125-136
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