naginata

A Japanese weapon composed of a long pole and a curved blade at the end. It is similar to the Chinese guan dao or the European glaive (polearm). Commonly used by and associated with women due to their relative ease of use, and widespread usage by "women militias":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-musha during the Sengoku jidai "period":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period.