Hoko yari

Hoko yari is an ancient form of Japanese spear or yari said to be based on a Chinese spear.^[1] The hoko yari came into use sometime between the Yayoi period and the Heian period,^[2] possibly during the Nara period in the 8th century AD.^[3]

^ Japan and China: Japan, its history, arts, and literature, Frank Brinkley, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1903 p.156
^ Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan Warfare and History Samurai Warfare & the State in Early Medieval Japan, Karl Friday Psychology Press, 2004 ISBN 0-415-32962-0, ISBN 978-0-415-32962-0 P.85
^ The Japanese swordVolume 12 of Japanese arts library, Author Kanzan Satō, Photographs by Joe Earle, Translated by Joe Earle, Contributor Joe Earle, Edition illustrated, Publisher Kodansha International, 1983, ISBN 0-87011-562-6, ISBN 978-0-87011-562-2 P.63

[:1-1] Japan and China: Japan, its history, arts, and literature, Frank Brinkley, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1903 p.156

[2] Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan Warfare and History Samurai Warfare & the State in Early Medieval Japan, Karl Friday Psychology Press, 2004 ISBN 0-415-32962-0, ISBN 978-0-415-32962-0 P.85

[3] The Japanese swordVolume 12 of Japanese arts library, Author Kanzan Satō, Photographs by Joe Earle, Translated by Joe Earle, Contributor Joe Earle, Edition illustrated, Publisher Kodansha International, 1983, ISBN 0-87011-562-6, ISBN 978-0-87011-562-2 P.63

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