Jitte

A jitte (lit. "ten hands") is a specialized weapon that was used by police in Edo period Japan. In English-language sources, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled jutte.

In Edo period Japan the jutte was a substitute for a badge and represented someone on official business and was carried by all levels of police officers including high-ranking samurai police officials and low-rank samurai law enforcement officers (called okappiki or doshin). Other high-ranking samurai officials carried a jutte as a badge of office, including hotel, rice and grain inspectors (aratame). The jutte is the subject of the Japanese martial art of juttejutsu.

Trivia

 * Amongst the weapons that appear in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise, (i.e., in the episode, Never Say Xever, in the 2012 series), is the Jitte, a Japanese martial arts truncheon, as seen inbedded in the punching bag Leo's seen using after sparing Fong. The Jitte also appears