# Chiburi

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**Chiburui** (血振るい), also called *chiburi*,[1] is the process by which one symbolically removes blood from a sword blade. The term chiburui can thus be translated as "shaking off the blood". In the [Japanese martial art](/source/Japanese_martial_art) of *[iaidō](/source/Iaid%C5%8D)*, this is done before *[nōtō](/source/N%C5%8Dt%C5%8D)* or placing the blade back into the scabbard (known as *[saya](/source/Japanese_sword_mountings#Saya)*).[2]

## In popular culture

In films set in feudal Japan, such as *[Zatoichi](/source/Zatoichi)*, chiburi is usually performed by swordsmen after the killing of an opponent. However, chiburi is incorrectly portrayed as a simple swipe that completely removes all of the blood. In reality, the sword needs to be thoroughly wiped with a cloth as there would still be enough blood on the blade to cause rusting.

The chiburui is also present in the [Rise of the Ronin](/source/Rise_of_the_R%C5%8Dnin) in which it is used during fights to regain stamina and after battles against powerful opponents (or after clearing enemy camps). During battle, it is shown as a simple Zatoichi-like swipe, but after battle, it is used more correctly, with the protagonist using a cloth or their sleeve to clean their blades.

Atsu also uses both types of Chiburui in the video game [Ghost of Yotei](/source/Ghost_of_Y%C5%8Dtei), usually when the player manually sheathes her weapons after a fight, although she also does so automatically after completing a mission or killing an important target. She only use the "true" version of the chiburui (using a cloth) during cutscenes after killing one of her main targets.

## Notes

1. Note that *chiburi* is a slang pronunciation and as such is not found in any Japanese dictionary. See Iwata.

1. Yamatsuta, p. 36.

## References

- Iwata, Norikazu. ["Chiburui"](https://www.hyoho.com/Tosa10.html). *The Eishin Ryu of Tosa*. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- Yamatsuta, Shigeyoshi (2005). *Iaido Hongi*. Tokyo: Airyudo. ISBN 4-7502-0272-X.

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