- The ****anese war fan, or
tessen (****anese: 鉄扇,てっせん, romanized:
tessen, lit. '"iron fan"'), is a ****anese hand fan used as a
weapon or for signalling. Several...
- lit. 'iron fan technique') is the
martial art of the ****anese war fan (
tessen). It is
based on the use of the
solid iron fan or the
folding iron fan,...
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including once in the late 1500s when he
fended off
three opponents with a
tessen,
Sasaki was
honored by Lord
Hosokawa Tadaoki as the
chief weapons master...
- relationship.
Tessen Ishiyumi (穹 撤仙,
Ishiyumi Tessen) The head of the
Ishiyumi family,
Tessen proved to be one of Mitsuomi's most
loyal subordinates.
Tessen normally...
- bujutsu"). Occasionally, incon****uous
weapons such as tantō (daggers) or
tessen (iron fans) were
included in the
curriculum of Edo jūjutsu.
Another seldom-seen...
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several weapons and
skills used.
These weapons and arts
included the war-fan (
tessen),
grappling (jujutsu), short-stick (tebō) and short-sword (kodachi). Originally...
- the role of
symbolizing social class as well as a
mechanical role. The
tessen, a ****anese fan used in
Feudal times, was a
dangerous weapon hidden in plain...
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feminine art. Fans were even used as a
weapon –
called the iron fan, or
tessen in ****anese. See also, the gunbai, a
military leader's fan (in old ****an);...
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attacking Shingen with his
sword while Shingen defends with his iron war fan or
tessen. Both
lords lost many men in this fight, and
Shingen in
particular lost...
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approx 45 cm in length. In the
integrated art of Ikkaku-ryū juttejutsu, the
tessen, or war fan,
approximately 30 cm in length, is used in
tandem with the jutte...
