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This tag is used for Japanese spears after the mid-"Kamakura period":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period].
For "槍":[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A7%8D#Noun] used as a more broad term, see [[spear]].
Ancient Japanese spear-like [[polearm|polearms]] called 矛, 鉾 (hoko) or 鉾槍 ("hoko yari":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoko_yari]) are simply tagged as [[spear]].
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A yari is a long, straight-bladed [[spear]] commonly used by [[samurai]] and other warriors in Japan.

There are two variants of yari; a one-bladed variant for foot soldier, and [[juumonji yari]], a three-bladed variant (similar to [[partisan (weapon)|]]) for [[cavalry]].

h4.See also
* [[List of Weapons]]
* [[Fangtian ji]]
* [[Juumonji yari]]