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The wakizashi is a Japanese sword used by samurai warriors during feudal Japan. This sword is made with red Damascus steel. The Wakizashi has a blade between 12 and 24, 30-60 centimeters. The wakizashi was worn with the katana and was the official sign that the wearer was a samurai. When worn together the pair of swords were called daish?, which translates as "big-little". The katana was the "big" or long sword and the wakizashi the "little" or companion sword. Wakizashi were not just a smaller version of the katana. They were forged differently and had different cross sections. Wakizashi have been in use as far back as the 15th or 16th centuries. The wakizashi was used as a backup sword. It was also used for close quarters fighting and to behead a defeated opponent. It was also used to commit seppuku, a ritual suicide. The wakizashi was one of several short swords available for use by samurai including the yoroi t?shi, and the chisa-katana. It was not until the Edo period in 1638, when the rulers of Japan tried to regulate the types of swords and the social groups which were allowed to wear them, that the lengths of katana and wakizashi were officially set.image

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