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It was a long sword with 2 4 foot blade and a handle with 2 3 foot length.
Nagamaki wiki. Although it more closely resembles a polearm it is actually classified as a sword. The nagamaki is a type of japanese sword or nihontō. Nagamaki is a japanese pole weapon with a large and heavy blade. A single edged curving blade with a handle comparable in length to that of the blade whose blade is length is usually comparable to other regular japanese swords though other longer ones also were made.
Soon after portuguese ships started sailing to japan as regular trade freighters thus increasing the contact and trade. The nagamaki was most likely introduced in the late kamakura period 1185 1333 but some have theorized that it was first produced in the heian period. Nagasaki was a small fishing village set in a secluded harbor and had little historical significance until contact with portuguese explorers in 1543. The nagamaki 長巻 long wrapping is a type of traditionally made japanese sword nihontō with an extra long handle used by the samurai class of feudal japan.
The nagamaki is a type of japanese sword or nihontō. It was introduced and used primarily during the kamakura 1192 1333 nanbokucho 1334 1392 and early muromachi 1392 1573 periods. An early visitor was fernão mendes pinto who came from sagres on a portuguese ship which landed nearby in tanegashima.