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Pragmatic · 11-09-2019, 06:07 PM

(I'm asking for "background scenery" for a "head-canon-only" GM-NPC, having a display of swords in their office.)

I know that THE sword for Japan is the Katana. But that's not the only sword out of Asia.

I know that China has Jian (double-edged). There's also the Dao (single-edged). Wiki says that in this period (1200-1500 AD), the Dao seems to have been much more common. China is pretty big, and generally unified; would there be regional differences?

What would India have? And India was mostly fragmented into individual kingdoms, would there be regional differences?

What other common swords were available in the region (say, from China and puppet states, down through SE Asia and into India; not including SW Asia)?

11-09-2019, 06:07 PM	#1
Pragmatic Ceci n'est pas une tag. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, WA (Portland Metro)	Swords of Asia (c. 1200-1500 AD) (I'm asking for "background scenery" for a "head-canon-only" GM-NPC, having a display of swords in their office.) I know that THE sword for Japan is the Katana. But that's not the only sword out of Asia. I know that China has Jian (double-edged). There's also the Dao (single-edged). Wiki says that in this period (1200-1500 AD), the Dao seems to have been much more common. China is pretty big, and generally unified; would there be regional differences? What would India have? And India was mostly fragmented into individual kingdoms, would there be regional differences? What other common swords were available in the region (say, from China and puppet states, down through SE Asia and into India; not including SW Asia)? __________________ I'm a collector, not a gamer. =)