Tsurugi

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A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a straight, double-edged Japanese sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana). In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken (ja:剣) is also used as a generic term for any kind of long, double-edged sword.

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