page_title: Guntō
hierarchical_section_title: Guntō
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Sabres japonais et tanto de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Acier machine usiné industriellement. Noter la poignée, embossée et peinte pour prendre la forme d'une tsuka traditionelle, et le fourreau de type occidental (par opposition à la saya traditionelle) English: Japanese sabres and tanto of the second world war. Machine steel, industrial fabrication, with embossed and painted handle to look like a traditional tsuka. The shaft is of Western style (by opposition to a saya)
context_page_description: The guntō was a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy after the introduction of conscription in 1872.
context_section_description: The guntō (軍刀, military sword) was a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy after the introduction of conscription in 1872.
caption: Two antique Japanese guntō swords on a sword rack (katana kake), shin guntō on top and kyū guntō below.
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