Katanagari (written as 刀狩 or 刀狩り) was a policy of heinobunri (separating warriors and peasants) which deprived those in the peasant class of their privilege of wearing swords, which highlighted the policy enacted by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI through the katanagari edict (at the same time, pirate ship interdiction) issued on August 29, 1588 in the Azuchi-Momoyama period (The first person who executed katanagari was Katsuie SHIBATA.
刀狩（かたながり、刀狩り）とは、百姓身分の者の帯刀権を剥奪する兵農分離政策で、特に安土桃山時代の1588年8月29日（天正16年7月8日(旧暦)）に豊臣秀吉が刀狩令（同時に海上賊船禁止令）を出して大規模に推進した政策を指す（ただし、刀狩を最初に行なったのは柴田勝家である。