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

Title:

Author:

Ogawa, Morihiro, 1946- editor.

ISBN:

9781588393456

9781588393463

9780300142051

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 344 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.

General Note:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 21, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010.

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.

Subject Term:

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.

Added Author:

Ogawa, Morihiro, 1946-

Harada, Kazutoshi, 1950-

Ikeda, Hiroshi, 1923-,

It¿‍, Tetsuo,

Kobayashi, Ayako,

Misumi, Masato,

Sait¿‍, Takamasa, 1956-,

Watanabe, Taeko,

Added Corporate Author:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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