Battotai

The Battotai (抜刀隊 Battō-tai, lit. Drawn Sword Regiment) were a special police squad formed in Japan by the Meiji government in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion.[1][2] The detachment was armed with Japanese swords. The members of Battotai defeated the rebels in the Battle of Tabaruzaka. Their success in sword fighting led to a renewed interest in the art of kenjutsu, which had been abandoned after the Meiji restoration, and, as a result, the formation of modern kendo.[3][4][5][6][7]

The Battotai

References

日本博学倶楽部. 歴史の意外な「ウラ事情」: あの事件・あの人物の“驚きの事実”. — PHP研究所, 2001. — p. 117, p. 241 — ISBN 9784569575834.
Hiraku Shimoda. Between Homeland and Nation: Aizu in Early Modern and Modern Japan. — Harvard University, 2005. — p. 172-173, p. 409 — ISBN 0542120526.
Learn samurai spirit through kendo. The Jakarta Post (23 April 2000). Archived 7 October 2012.
G. Cameron Hurst. Armed martial arts of Japan: swordsmanship and archery. — Yale University Press, 1998. — p. 157. — ISBN 0300049676.
Ellen P. Conant. Challenging Past And Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art. — University of Hawaii Press, 2006. — p. 44-45, p. 292 — ISBN 9780824829377.
『警視庁武道九十年史』、警視庁警務部教養課 16-17ページ。
Cornelia Niekus Moore, Raymond A. Moody. Comparative Literature - East and West: Traditions and Trends : Selected Conference Papers. — University of Hawaii Press, 1989. — p. 172, p. 219 — ISBN 9780824812478.

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[1] 日本博学倶楽部. 歴史の意外な「ウラ事情」: あの事件・あの人物の“驚きの事実”. — PHP研究所, 2001. — p. 117, p. 241 — ISBN 9784569575834.

[2] Hiraku Shimoda. Between Homeland and Nation: Aizu in Early Modern and Modern Japan. — Harvard University, 2005. — p. 172-173, p. 409 — ISBN 0542120526.

[3] Learn samurai spirit through kendo. The Jakarta Post (23 April 2000). Archived 7 October 2012.

[4] G. Cameron Hurst. Armed martial arts of Japan: swordsmanship and archery. — Yale University Press, 1998. — p. 157. — ISBN 0300049676.

[5] Ellen P. Conant. Challenging Past And Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art. — University of Hawaii Press, 2006. — p. 44-45, p. 292 — ISBN 9780824829377.

[6] 『警視庁武道九十年史』、警視庁警務部教養課 16-17ページ。

[7] Cornelia Niekus Moore, Raymond A. Moody. Comparative Literature - East and West: Traditions and Trends : Selected Conference Papers. — University of Hawaii Press, 1989. — p. 172, p. 219 — ISBN 9780824812478.