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Art of the samurai : Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868 / edited by Morihiro Ogawa ; with contributions from Kazutoshi Harada ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Ogawa, Morihiro, 1946- | Harada, Kazutoshi, 1950- | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.Description: xii, 344 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.ISBN: 9781588393456 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc)); 9781588393463 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (pbk.)); 9780300142051 (Yale University Press (hc))Other title: Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868Subject(s): 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 -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 739.709520747471
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Asia Japan NK6784 OGA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 107300
Total holds: 0

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.