Hoko yari

Hoko yari is an ancient form of Japanese spear or yari said to be based on a Chinese spear.

[3] The hoko yari was thought to be a guard's spear used in the defense of palisades and gates.

One source describes hoko yari as being mounted on a two meter pole and with an 20 cm blade, either in a leaf shape or with a wavy edge similar to the Malay kris.

Like the later-period fukuro yari, the metal blade had a hollow socket for the pole to fit into, rather than a long tang.

[4] Hoko yari could also have a sickle-shaped horn projecting out and slightly forward on one or both sides of the blade, indicating that this weapon was primarily used to thrust back an enemy.

Pit with about ten long blue-green rusty metal sticks arranged parallel to each other and six bells.
Bronze hoko spears and dōtaku ritual bells excavated at the Kōjindani Site ( ja:荒神谷遺跡 ) in Hikawa, Shimane