Editing Ono (axe)

{{Short description|Type of large axe}}
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[[File:Ono-axe.jpg|thumb|300px|Illustration of an ono]]
{{Nihongo|'''''Ono'''''|[[wiktionary:斧|斧]]}} (historically ''wono'', をの) or ''masakari''<ref name="Secrets332">{{cite book|last1=Ratti|first1=Oscar|last2=Westbrook|first2=Adele|title=Secrets of the Samurai; A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9lmmkvQOpoC&pg=PA322|year=1991|publisher=C. E. Tuttle|isbn=978-0-8048-1684-7|page=322}}</ref>  is the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] word for "[[axe]]", and is used to describe various tools of similar structure. As with axes in other cultures, ''ono'' are sometimes employed as weapons. Many existing examples of this particular weapon are associated with the ''[[sōhei]]'' (warrior [[bhikkhu|monks]]) or ''[[yamabushi]]'',<ref name="Secrets332" /> who also adapt other agricultural tools as weapons, although [[samurai]] are also pictured as using ono in [[woodblock printing in Japan|woodblock prints]]. ''Ono'' that were specifically designed for military use are of extreme rarity. The weapon version of the ono is described as having "a very large head with a very [[wikt:convex|convex]] cutting edge and a large scroll-shaped [[ball-peen hammer|peen]] opposite it. It has a sheath covering only the edge of the blade. The entire length is nearly {{convert|6|ft|cm|abbr=on}}".<ref name="Secrets332" />

[[File:Ono 1.JPG|thumb|none|Antique Japanese ''ono'']]
[[File:Miki City Hardware Museum08s3872.jpg|thumb|Some onos in the Miki City Hardware Museum]]

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