Yenziwe njengengcezu eyodwa, iNorimitsu Odachi inkemba engamamitha angu-3.77 evela eJapane enesisindo esingamakhilogremu ayi-14.5. Abantu abaningi bashiywe bedidekile ngalesi sikhali esikhulu kangaka, bekhulisa imibuzo enjengokuthi ngubani umnikazi wayo? Futhi lalingakanani iqhawe elalisebenzisa le nkemba ekulweni?
Kukhulu impela, empeleni bekuthiwa iphethwe yisigebenga. Ngaphandle kolwazi oluyisisekelo lokuthi lwakhiwe ngekhulu le-15 AD, elingamamitha ayi-3.77 (12.37 ft.) Ubude, futhi linesisindo esifinyelela ku-14.5 kg (31.97 lbs.), Le nkemba ekhangayo isongwe imfihlakalo.
Umlando we-ōdachi
AmaJapan adume ngobuchwepheshe bawo bokwenza inkemba. Izinhlobo eziningi zamabhande zikhiqizwe ngabasiki bezinkemba baseJapan, kepha ngokusobala ukuthi abantu abaningi namuhla abazi kahle yi-katana ngenxa yokuhlangana kwayo neSamurai eyaziwayo. Yize kunjalo, kukhona nezinye izinhlobo zezinkemba ezingaziwa kancane ezenziwa emakhulwini eminyaka ku Japan, enye yazo eyi-ōdachi.
I-Odachi (ebhalwe njenge 太 刀 ku-kanji, futhi kwahunyushwa njenge- 'inkemba enkulu noma enkulu'), kwesinye isikhathi kubhekiselwa kuye njengoNodachi (kubhalwe ku-kanji njenge 太 刀, futhi lahunyushwa ngokuthi 'inkemba yensimu') uhlobo lwenkemba ende yaseJapan. Ikhaba le-ōdachi ligobile, futhi ngokuvamile linobude obungu-90 kuye ku-100 cm (cishe ngama-intshi angama-35 kuye kwangama-39). Amanye ama-ōdachis abhalwe ukuthi abenama-blade ayengamamitha ama-2 (6.56 ft.) Ubude.
I-ōdachi yaziwa njengesinye sezikhali zokuzikhethela enkundleni yempi ngesikhathi se- Isikhathi seNanboku-chō, eyahlala ingxenye enkulu yekhulu le-14 AD. Ngalesi sikhathi, ama-odachis akhiqizwa aqoshwa ukuthi abe ngaphezu kwemitha ubude. Lesi sikhali, nokho, sathandwa ngemuva kwesikhathi esifushane, isizathu esikhulu ukuthi bekungeyona isikhali esisebenzisekayo ezimpini. Noma kunjalo, i-odachi yaqhubeka nokusetshenziswa ngamaqhawe futhi ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwaphela ngo-1615, kulandela i-Osaka Natsu no Jin (eyaziwa nangokuthi iSiege of Osaka), lapho iTokugawa Shogunate yabhubhisa umndeni wakwaToyotomi.
Kunezindlela eziningi lapho i-odachi kungenzeka ukuthi isetshenziswe khona enkundleni yempi. Okuqondile kakhulu kulokhu ukuthi zazimane zisetshenziswe ngamasosha ezinyawo. Lokhu kungatholakala emibhalweni efana ne-Heike Monogatari (ehunyushwe njenge 'Umlando kaHeike'kanye ne-Taiheiki (okuhunyushwa ngokuthi 'Umlando Wokuthula Okukhulu'). Isosha elalihamba ngezinyawo elaliphethe i-odachi kungenzeka ukuthi inkemba yayiphonswa emhlane wakhe, esikhundleni sohlangothi lwayo, ngenxa yobude bayo obungajwayelekile. Lokhu, nokho, kwenza ukuthi iqhawe lingakwazi ukudweba i-blade ngokushesha.
Ngenye indlela, i-odachi kungenzeka ukuthi yayiphathwa ngesandla nje. Ngesikhathi sikaMuromachi (esaqala ngekhulu le-14 kuya kwele-16 AD), kwakuvamile ukuthi iqhawe elaliphethe u-odachi libe nomgcini ozolekelela ukumdonsela isikhali. Kungenzeka ukuthi i-odachi yayisetshenziswa amaqhawe nawo ayelwa egibele amahhashi.
Kuphakanyisiwe futhi ukuthi, njengoba i-odachi yayiyisikhali esinzima ukusisebenzisa, empeleni ayizange isetshenziswe njengesikhali empini. Esikhundleni salokho, bekungasetshenziswa njengohlobo olujwayelekile lwebutho, ngendlela ifulegi ebingalisebenzisa ngayo empini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhonjisiwe ukuthi i-odachi yathatha indima yesiko.
Ngesikhathi se-Edo, ngokwesibonelo, kwakudume ukuthi i-odachi isetshenziswe phakathi nemikhosi. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ama-odachis kwesinye isikhathi ayebekwa ezindaweni ezingcwele zamaShinto njengomnikelo konkulunkulu. Kungenzeka ukuthi i-odachi nayo yakhonza njengombukiso wamakhono abakhandi bezinkemba, njengoba kwakungeyona inkemba elula ukuyenza.
Ngabe iNorimitsu Odachi yayisebenza noma yayihlobisa?
Ngokuphathelene neNorimitsu Odachi, abanye bathanda umbono wokuthi ibisetshenziselwe izinhloso ezisebenzayo, ngakho-ke umsebenzisi wayo bekufanele abe ngumdondoshiya. Incazelo elula yale nkemba eyehlukile ukuthi isetshenziselwe izinhloso ezingezona ezokulwa.
Ukwenziwa kwensimbi ende kangako bekungenzeka ezandleni zensimbi enekhono eliphakeme kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, kuyacaca ukuthi iNorimitsu Odachi yayihloselwe ukukhombisa ikhono labakhandi bezinkemba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umuntu owayegunyaze uNorimitsu Odachi kungenzeka ukuthi wayecebe kakhulu, ngoba bekungabiza imali enkulu ukukhiqiza into enjalo.
