whitewuf:armthearmour:A vicious looking Sodegarami (Mancatcher,) Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603-1867, f
whitewuf:armthearmour:A vicious looking Sodegarami (Mancatcher,) Japan, Edo period, ca. 1603-1867, from Czerny’s International Auction House. The “sleeve entangler” was a nonlethal tool used by police to subdue suspects. OMG YOU’RE RIGHT lololThe sodegarami (袖搦 sleeve entangler) is a pole weapon that was used by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.In Edo period Japan the samurai were in charge of police operations, various levels of samurai police with help from non-samurai commoners used many types of non lethal weapons in order to capture suspected criminals for trial.The sodegarami, tsukubō (push pole), and sasumata (spear fork) comprise the torimono sandōgu (three implements of arresting) used by samurai police to capture suspected criminals uninjured. The sodegarami was used to entangle the sleeves and clothing of an individual who could then be more easily disarmed or dealt with.Weapons used for capturing suspected criminals: on the left tsukubō, in the middle sodegarami and on the right sasumata.This is what happens when I reblog instead of looking things up myself… lol -- source link
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