Kusari-fundo (鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (kusari) with a weight (fundo) attached to each end of the chain. Various sizes and shapes of chain and weight were used as there was no set rule on the construction of these weapons. Other popular names are manrikigusari (萬力鏈) (lit. 'ten-thousand-power chain')[1] or just manriki.[2]
- ^ Ratti, Oscar; Westbrook, Adele. Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan, Tuttle Publishing, 1991 p. 317
- ^ Mol, Serge. Classical weaponry of Japan: special weapons and tactics of the martial arts Kodansha International, 2003 pp. 125-136