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I'm not sure if we call this weapon hoko yari. It's just hoko in Japanese. Hoko (矛) and Yari (槍) are different words in both China and Japan (though there are several theories about the distinction). Since this is the origin of the word 矛盾 (meaning contradiction), I think we should have a separate article. There's more information in the Japanese page that can be translated. --
Shinkansen Fan (
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05:25, 27 October 2011 (UTC)reply
Nara period?
The image shows
Yayoi period hoko (銅矛) while the intro says "thought to be from the Nara period". Which is correct? As far as I understand, the hoko in the image are ritual weapons not suitable for combat. The article seems to mention only combat use spears. I don't know anything about Nara period hoko or hoko for combat (I don't doubt that those might have existed).
bamse (
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09:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)reply