Jump to content
tickets
Member
|
Make a donation
Search
Visit
Plan Your Visit
Buy Tickets
Become a Member
Museum Map
Food and Drink
Accessibility
Group Visits
Exhibitions and Events
Exhibitions
Events and Tours
Performances
Art
The Met Collection
Curatorial Areas
Conservation and Scientific Research
Learn with Us
Learning Resources
Publications
Timeline of Art History
Workshops and Activities
Articles, Videos and Podcasts
Research
Libraries and Research Centers
Shop
Search
Go
Exhibition
Samurai Splendor: Sword Fittings from Edo Japan
March 21st, 2022 - Ongoing
Now on view at
The Met Fifth Avenue
,
Gallery 380
Exhibitions are free with Museum admission.
Plan Your Visit
All exhibitions
Overview
Exhibition Objects
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
グリ彫金具脇指拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
尾張関 Owari-Seki (Japanese, active 17th century)
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 (<i>Tantō</i>)
Fittings and blade by 宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo (Japanese, Kyōto 1817–1884 Edo (present-day Tokyo))
mid–late 19th century
Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
ca. 1615–1868
彫鐫画譜 Album of Designs for Metal Carving (<i>Chōsen Gafu</i>)
嵐山常行画 Ranzan Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
mid-19th century
金工絵 Copy book of Toshiyoshi (also called Kōsō, Seijō, or Toshinaga)
紫原壽良画 Murasakibara Toshiyoshi (Japanese, born 1829)
late 19th century
秋草に鹿図鐔 Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
紫原壽良画 Murasakibara Toshiyoshi (Japanese, born 1829)
19th century
唐草図鐔 Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Inscribed by 鷲田光中作 Washida Mitsunaka (Japanese, 1830–1889)
19th century
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
萩谷勝平 Hagiya Katsuhira (Japanese, 1804–1886)
鈴木勝容 Suzuki Katsuhiro (Japanese, 1827–1886)
1860
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With Flower Basket Motif (花籠透鐔)
石黒政明 Ishiguro Masaaki (Japanese, active 19th century)
first half 19th century
富嶽雲烟図小柄 Knife Handle (<i>Kozuka</i>) with Blade
嵐山常行画 Ranzan Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
19th century
藻に白魚図小柄 Knife Handle (<i>Kozuka</i>)
嵐山常行画 Ranzan Tsuneyuki (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
19th century
波濤に岩上鷹図大小 Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Inscribed by 石黒政常 Ishiguro Masatsune (Japanese, 1760–1828)
late 18th–early 19th century
波濤に岩上鷹図大小 Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Inscribed by 石黒政常 Ishiguro Masatsune (Japanese, 1760–1828)
late 18th–early 19th century
木賊兎図大小揃物 Fittings for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō Soroi-Mono</i>)
Inscribed by 石黒政美 Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese, 1774–1862)
19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
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 (<i>Katana</i>)
Various Artists
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Various Artists
blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century
虫尽金具大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (<i>Katana</i>)
Blade inscribed by Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada (Japanese, 1627–1716)
Fittings inscribed by 乙柳軒政信 Otsuryūken Masanobu (Japanese, born 1773)
blade, 17th century; mounting, early 19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Blade inscribed by Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada (Japanese, 1627–1716)
Fittings inscribed by 乙柳軒政信 Otsuryūken Masanobu (Japanese, born 1773)
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 (<i>Katana</i>)
Japanese
blade 17th century; mounting 19th century
芒蒔絵鞘突兵拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (<i>Katana</i>)
Fittings inscribed by 高本秀宗 Takamoto Hidemune (Japanese, 1819–1887)
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with Letter by Maker
黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao (Japanese, 1822–1853)
19th century
Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao (Japanese, 1822–1853)
19th century
紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
重武 Shigetake (Japanese, Edo, active 18th century)
blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
後藤家歴代揃目貫献上箱 Presentation Box for Sword-Grip Ornaments (<i>Menuki</i>)
Japanese
19th century
Plan Your Visit
Dates
March 21st, 2022 - Ongoing
The Met Fifth Avenue
Gallery 380
Exhibitions are free with Museum admission.
Plan Your Visit
All exhibitions