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Encyclopedia > Tessen

Tessen（鉄扇） (literally meaning "iron fan") were constructed of either an actual folding fan with metal ribs or a non-folding solid bar of either iron or wood and shaped like a folded fan. During the Edo period the tessen was often considered a common self-defense weapon. Household Electric Fan A fan has two purposes – to move air for human comfort or for ventilation and to move air or gas from one location to another for industrial purposes. ... EDO CORPORATION A US arms company with a unit in Brighton UK called EDO MBM that is the venue for continual peaceful protests by anti-war demonstrators from the city. ... Self-defense usually refers to the use of violence to protect oneself and is a possible justification for this otherwise illegal act. ...


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Tessen (968 words)
These weapons, called tessen, literally meaning "iron fan," were constructed of either an actual folding fan with metal ribs or a non-folding solid bar of either iron or wood and shaped like a folded fan.
A tessen, though, was acceptable in any situation, thus leaving the samurai always armed with at least one very effective defensive weapon.
Frequently tessen were solid iron cast in the shape of a closed fan.
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