Rope & chain
Kusarigama
鎖鎌
Sickle and chain.
Form and name
Kusarigama combines a sickle with a chain and a weight. It appears in Kashiwa Bujinkan’s weapons overview.
Read more: terms and context
Jutsu · technique and art
Jutsu (術) can mean technique, skill or method. In weapon terminology, we distinguish the implement from the art practised with it.
Source for the word jutsu: Kanjipedia
Tradition and context
It sits beside kusari-fundō because both use chain. Shared material does not mean identical techniques or a single documented line of development.
Sources and further reading
Practitioner sources describe the tradition’s practice and terminology. They are not used alone as evidence for early historical claims.