#12. The Samurai
Of course, the Katana was just one of the aspects of the Samurai’s armory. The Japanese word daishÅ (which directly translates to big-little) refers to paired sword, with one large and the other small, that only Samurais were allowed to wear. The katana was also sometimes accompanied with another sword called the wakizashi or a small dagger referred to as a tantÅ.