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    Metsubushi (Japanese: 目潰し, lit. "eye closers") or gantsubushi are a variety of implements and techniques that were used in feudal Japan by samurai police...
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    weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. Shuriken are also known as throwing stars, or...
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    and teppo jutsu (firearms). The happō, a small eggshell filled with metsubushi (blinding powder), was also used to facilitate escape. Superhuman or supernatural...
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    their execution. Sodegarami Sasumata Tsukubo Kanamuchi Kiriko no bo Tetto Metsubushi Jitte: an iron or wooden club or truncheon, the jitte was a non-lethal...
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    a short description of the contents. Some shikomi-zue also concealed metsubushi, chains, hooks, and many other things. Shikomi-zue could be carried in...
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  • Uchi Ne Uchi Fundō Kusarijutsu Kamae Fuko Zanshin Osame Hikitori Waza Metsubushi Yokomen Uchi Yokoichi Monji Kesa Uchi Hachinoji Uchi Japan: Tōkyō (Honbu...
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    Bo-hiya Ōdzutsu Tanegashima Improvised and other weapons Kama Kiseru Metsubushi Ono Ōtsuchi Shobo Suntetsu Signal devices Gunbai Hata-jirushi Horagai...
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    Bo-hiya Ōdzutsu Tanegashima Improvised and other weapons Kama Kiseru Metsubushi Ono Ōtsuchi Shobo Suntetsu Signal devices Gunbai Hata-jirushi Horagai...
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