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Exhibition
Samurai Splendor: Sword Fittings from Edo Japan
Até 23 de março de 2025
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
in
Gallery 380
Free with Museum admission
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Overview
Exhibition Objects
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (
Wakizashi
)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
グリ彫金具脇指拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (
Wakizashi
)
blade, 17th century; mounting, 19th century
金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (
Tantō
)
mid–late 19th century
Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists
ca. 1615–1868
彫鐫画譜 Album of Designs for Metal Carving (
Chōsen Gafu
)
mid-19th century
金工絵 Copy book of Toshiyoshi (also called Kōsō, Seijō, or Toshinaga)
late 19th century
秋草に鹿図鐔 Sword Guard (
Tsuba
)
19th century
唐草図鐔 Sword Guard (
Tsuba
)
19th century
Sword guard (
Tsuba
) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
1860
Sword guard (
Tsuba
) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
first half 19th century
富嶽雲烟図小柄 Knife Handle (
Kozuka
) with Blade
19th century
藻に白魚図小柄 Knife Handle (
Kozuka
)
19th century
波濤に岩上鷹図大小 Sword Guard (
Tsuba
)
late 18th–early 19th century
波濤に岩上鷹図大小 Sword Guard (
Tsuba
)
late 18th–early 19th century
木賊兎図大小揃物 Fittings for a Pair of Swords (
Daishō Soroi-Mono
)
19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (
Wakizashi
)
Japanese
blade and mounting, 19th century; sword guard, 16th century
鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Long Sword (
Katana
)
Multiple artists/makers
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (
Wakizashi
)
Multiple artists/makers
blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century
虫尽金具大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (
Katana
)
blade, 17th century; mounting, early 19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century
印籠刻昆虫図螺鈿据文象嵌鞘打刀拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (
Katana
)
Japanese
blade 17th century; mounting 19th century
芒蒔絵鞘突兵拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (
Katana
)
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Sword Guard (
Tsuba
) with Letter by Maker
19th century
Sword guard (
Tsuba
)
19th century
紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (
Wakizashi
)
blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists
後藤家歴代揃目貫献上箱 Presentation Box for Sword-Grip Ornaments (
Menuki
)
Japanese
19th century
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Dates
Até 23 de março de 2025
The Met Fifth Avenue
Gallery 380
Free with Museum admission
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