Art of the samurai : Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868

Publication Data

• Title Art of the samurai : Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868
• Contributors Morihiro Ogawa, Kazutoshi Harada, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New Haven, Conn.
• Language English

Contents

Spirit of the samurai / Morihiro Ogawa
Japanese armor: an overview / Hiroshi Ikeda
History of the Japanese sword / Kazutoshi Harada
Sword mountings and fittings / Morihiro Ogawa.

Topics

• Armor :: Japan :: History :: Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 :: Exhibitions
• Armor :: Japan :: History :: Edo period, 1600-1868 :: Exhibitions
• Weapons :: Japan :: History :: Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 :: Exhibitions
• Weapons :: Japan :: History :: Edo period, 1600-1868 :: Exhibitions
• Art objects, Japanese :: Exhibitions
• Samurai :: Exhibitions

Art of the samurai : Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868. ISBN 9780300142051. Published by Yale University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.