The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
30 April - 11 May 2021 • London
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1 The Battles of Ichinotani and Yashima | Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century
2 An iron eight plate Kabuto [helmet] | The bowl Momoyama - Edo period, 16th - 17th century
3 A Kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th century
4 A Suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Saotome Iyetada | Edo period, 17th century
5 An iron Kabuto [helmet] | Muromachi period, 16th century
6 A rare Hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Signed Saotome Iyetada | Edo period, 17th century
7 A Kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and a Nanban do [cuirass] | The kabuto Edo period, 19th century | The cuirass Edo period, 17th century
8 A Kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th century
9 An Eboshi-nari kabuto [court cap shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th century
10 An iron Hoshi-bachi [helmet with raised rivets] | Edo period, 17th century
11 A Momonari kabuto [peach shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th century
12 A Kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
13 A Hoshi-bachi [helmet with raised rivets] | Edo period, 17th century
14 A Hanbo | Muromachi period, 16th century
15 A Mempo | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
16 A Somen | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
17 A fine Okegawa-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
18 A fine Nimai-do gusoku [armour] |The kabuto Momoyama period, late 16th century
19 A fine Nimai-do gusoku [armour], Edo period, mid-18th century
20 A Nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Saotome Moriie | Edo period, late 17th century
21 A Yokohagi okegawa-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, mid-18th century
22 A fine Nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, late 17th century
23 A Honkozane nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The kabuto signed Joshu ju Saotome Ieharu | Edo period, late 17th century
26 A Nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
27 A Nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th century
28 A Tachi | Signed Zen Hakushu Nobutaka nyudo | Edo period, dated Kanbun jusannen (1673)
29 An Omori school koshirae | Edo period, 18th century
30 A Katana | Signed Noshu ju Morihiro | Muromachi period, 15th century
31 A Wakizashi | Signed Hishu ju Seuhide saku | Dated Bunmei sannen hachigatsu hi (A day in August 1471)
32 An Echizen katana | Signed Echizen Yasutsugu kore o tsukuru | Edo period, 17th century
33 An Osaka katana | Signed Tango no kami Naomichi | Edo period, 17th century
34 A Hojoji wakizashi | Signed Tajima no kami Hojoji Tachibana Sadakuni with kinzogan [gold inlay] cutting test inscription | Edo period, dated Kanbun nananen gogatsu jukyunichi (19 May 1667)
35 A Katana | Signed Chikuzen kuni Minamoto Nobukini Heijiro Yoshinao saku | Edo period, 19th century
36 An Etchu tachi | Attributed to Norishige | Late Kamakura - early Nanbokucho period, 14th century
37 A Wakizashi | Signed Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro | Edo period, 17th century
38 A Hizen wakizashi | Signed Shinju no kami Kunihiro | Edo period, dated Keicho juyonen (1609)
39 A Shin-shinto wakizashi with Goto school koshirae | Edo period, 18th century
40 A Katana | Signed Kii no kuni Yasumitsu | Edo period, 17th century
41 A Katana | Signed Takenaka Kunihiko | Edo period, 19th century
42 An Efu no tachi | Signed Toyoshima Minamoto Masatomo | Edo period, 18th century
43 A Tanto with handachi-style koshirae | Signed Kanekiyo | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
44 A Tanto | Edo period, 17th century
45 A Tanto with silver-mounted koshirae | The koshirae - Edo period, 19th century
46 A Shin-shinto tanto | Edo period, dated Kaei rokunen hachigatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in August 1854)
47 A Shin-shinto tanto | Edo period, 19th century
48 A Tanto koshirae | Edo period, 19th century
49 An Aikuchi tanto | Signed Michitoshi | Edo period, dated Man'en gannen hachigatsu hi (A day in August 1860)
50 An Aikuchi tanto with silver mounts | Edo period, 19th century