Kusari zukin (鎖頭巾)
Japanese name for the hood of a mail armor set.
Kusari katabira (鎖帷子)
Japanese name for a jacket of mail armor.
Kusari gusoku (鎖具足)
Japanese word for mail armor.
Kusari (鎖)
Japanese word for "chain", also used to describe mail armor.
Gōng jiàng yíng (弓匠營)
The bow and arrow maker's quarters in Beijing.
Yáng Fúxǐ (杨福喜)
Manchu bow maker of the Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號) shop, Beijing. Active 1998-present.
Yáng Wéntōng (杨文通)
A 20th-century Manchu bow maker of the Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號) shop, Beijing.
Yáng Ruìlín (杨瑞林)
A Manchu bow maker. Owned Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號).
Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號)
A famous bow making shop in Beijing, still active.
Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Wōdāo (倭刀 / 窩刀)
Chinese term for a Japanese sword, or a large saber with strong Japanese influence.
Miáodāo (苗刀)
Chinese name for a slender, curved saber. Often associated with large two-handers.
Bàojiàn (骲箭)
Chinese name for a class of arrows with a large, non-ferrous head. Many are whistles, some are blunts.
Liùdàomù (六道木)
Chinese name for a strong and heavy wood used for staffs and arrow shafts.
Gim (劍)
The Cantonese word for the Chinese straightsword.
Chángdāo (長刀)
Chinese term for "long saber".
Hūshǒu (護手)
Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
Wàn Chéng (萬成)
Workshop name that appears on a brass halberd head.
Kuī (盔)
Chinese word for helmet.
Jeyen
Manchu word for the tip of a saber.
Teišun-i giyan
Manchu for a brass or bronze mace.
Xián gé dā (弦挌搭)
Chinese term for the knot in a bowstring.
Gōng xián (弓弦)
Chinese term for the bowstring.
Gōng miàn (弓面)
Chinese term for the face of a bow, usually made of buffalo horn.
Huà huà pí (畫樺皮)
Chinese term for the "painted birch bark" often covering composite bows.
Gōng nǎo (弓腦)
Chinese term for the "knee" of a composite bow.
Gōng diànzi (弓墊子)
Chinese term for the string bridge on some types of composite bows.
Kòuzi (扣子)
Chinese term for the string notch on each bow tip.
Shāo tóu (弰頭)
Chinese term for the tips on either end of a bow.
Jiàn liūzi (箭溜子)
Chinese term for the spot on the bow where the arrow slips by.
Lòukōng (鏤空)
Chinese term for openwork.
Gōng shāo (弓弰)
Chinese term for "bow ear".
Wǔkē gōng (武科弓)
Chinese term for heavy bows, often used for strength testing and training.
Gōngbà bǎngzi (弓弝膀子)
Chinese term for the sides of the bow grip.
Gōngbà (弓弝)
Chinese term for "bow grip".
Gōng (弓)
Chinese word for bow.
Bŭzi (補子)
Chinese for a ranking badge worn by civil and military officials
Husa Valley dha
A type of dha made by the Chinese Shan in Husa Valley, Yunnan.
Eight Buddhist Treasures
A suite of eight auspicious symbols used in Buddhist art.
Inome (猪目)
"Boar's eye", a heart-shaped pattern commonly used in Japanese art.
Shào jiàn (哨箭)
Chinese for a class of whistling arrows that combine a whistle with an arrowhead.
Zhànjiàn (戰箭)
Qing Chinese term meaning "war arrow". The standard Qing military arrow.
Yatarakū fadu
A traditional fire-making pouch.
Kōgai (笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
Wari-kōgai (割笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.
Seleme
Manchu word for a type of large hunting knife.
Shùndāo (順刀)
Chinese name for a type of large hunting knife.
Lùyíng (綠營)
The Lùyíng (綠營) or "Green Standard Army" was a large force of the Qing dynasty military.
Niowanggiyan turun-i cooha
Manchu for Green Standard Army: The all-Han army of the Qing dynasty.