could there be a possible connection between burmese dha and japanese katana?

pallas · 10th July 2009, 09:16 PM

im the late 1500's-early 1600s up to 1621 when contact/trade between the outside world and japan was suspended there was a pretty substantial trade between japan and southeast asia, this trade included the sale of japanese weapons and the hiring of japanese mercenaries (as evidenced by jan peiterzoon coen's use of them against the natives of the banda islands to secure the nutmeg trade in 1619) did some of these traded katanas/no-dachi/wakizashi, ect make their way to burma and perhaps influence the evolution of the dha or was the dha doveloped completely independent of japanese influences?

ive also seen some vietnamese swords (cochin sabers?) that had heavy japanese influence.

10th July 2009, 09:16 PM	#1
pallas Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 53	could there be a possible connection between burmese dha and japanese katana? im the late 1500's-early 1600s up to 1621 when contact/trade between the outside world and japan was suspended there was a pretty substantial trade between japan and southeast asia, this trade included the sale of japanese weapons and the hiring of japanese mercenaries (as evidenced by jan peiterzoon coen's use of them against the natives of the banda islands to secure the nutmeg trade in 1619) did some of these traded katanas/no-dachi/wakizashi, ect make their way to burma and perhaps influence the evolution of the dha or was the dha doveloped completely independent of japanese influences? ive also seen some vietnamese swords (cochin sabers?) that had heavy japanese influence.