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Kaiken
light weighted dagger which was commonly used by the wives of Samurai during the Edo period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaiken is a dagger that was commonly used during the Edo period and the time of its creation was in the Tokugawa era and was a common weapon for the wives of Samurai to have when their husbands are fighting in a time of war. Further more, the Kaiken was also a weapon that was rather light and fairly easy to hide.[1]
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