The sasumata (spear fork)
together with the tsukubō (push pole) and the sodegarami (sleeve
entangler) comprised the torimono sandōgu (three tools/implements of arresting) used by
samurai police and security forces.[1] Samurai police in
the Edo period used the sasumata along with the sodegarami and tsukubō to
restrain and arrest suspected criminals uninjured. The head of the sasumata
would be used to catch around the neck, arms, legs, or joints of a suspect and
detain them until officers could close in and apprehend them (using hojōjutsu). The sasumata had a long hardwood pole usually around
2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length with sharp barbs or spines attached to
metal strips on one end of the pole to keep the person being captured from
grabbing the pole. The opposite end of the sasumata pole would often have a
metal cap, or ishizuki like
those found on naginata and other
pole weapons.[2]
However in
the Japanese Language there are Three "words" for
"sasumata"; same spelling, different character meanings.
So different characters "spelling out" the same name!
1) 刺股 ('thorn/stab-crotch')
2)刺叉 ('thorn/stab-fork')
3)指叉 ('pressure-fork')
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