Armor and Swords Collection

Suit of Armor in O-yoroi Style

Late Edo Period (19th c.) Worn by Shimazu Nariakira

Sixty-two Plate Riveted Suji Kabuto Helmet, with Deer Horn Shaped Wakidate

Momoyama-Early Edo Period (16-17th c.) Signed Saotome Iechika

Harikake Kabuto Helmet with Chinese-style Headdress

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)

Fancy Helmet with Tokugawa Clan Crest and Design of Butterflies and Dragonflies

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)

Vermilion Lacquered Scallop-Shaped Kabuto Bachi Helmet

Momoyama-Early Edo Period (16-17th c.)

Shachihoko-Shaped Kabuto Helmet

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)

Face Guard (Shirohige Ressei-menpo)

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)

Face Guard (So-menpo)

Mid Edo Period (18th c.)

Suit of Armor in Okegawado Gusoku Style with Todo Crest

Late Edo Period (19th c.) Signed on kabuto helmet: Suifuki Yoshinori; handed down in the Todo Family

Suit of Armor in O-yoroi Style

Late Edo Period (19th c.) Worn by Shimazu Nariakira

Twenty-four Ken Jingasa Hat

Mid Edo Period (18th c.) Signed Myochin Munenori

Jingasa Helmet with Gold Lacquered Paulownia and Chinese Phoenix

Late Edo Period (19th c.)

Jin-baori, Battle Surcoat (with the motifs of dragons and clouds, and the crests of the Nabeshima clan)

Mid Edo Period (18th c.) (Presumably) handed down in the Nabeshima family

Commander’s Folding Fan Lacquered in Black

Late Edo Period (19th c.)

Stirrups with Design of Butterfly and Chinese Flowers

Mid Edo Period (18th c.) Signed Gashu-ju Masahira Saku

[Important Cultural Property] Tachi: Signed ‘Aritsuna’

Hoki Province, Late Heian Period (12th C.) Aritsuna

[Important Cultural Property] Tachi: Signed ‘Ichi’

Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.) Fukuoka Ichimonji

[Important Cultural Property] Tachi: Signed ‘Bizen-no-Kuni Osafune Ju Chikakage’ / ‘Kenmu Ni-nen Go-gatsu Hi’ (May 1335)

Bizen Province, Nambokucho Period, Kenmu 2 (1335) Chikakage

Katana: Unsigned

Yamashiro Province, Mid Kamakura Period (13th C.) Attributed to Ayanokoji

Katana: Unsigned

Yamashiro Province, Nambokucho Period (14th C.) Attributed to Rai Kunizane

Wakizashi: Unsigned

Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.) Attributed to Ryumon

Katana: Unsigned

Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.) Attributed to Tegai

Katana: Unsigned

Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.) Attributed to Taima

Katana: Folded Signature ‘Masatsune’

Bizen Province, End of Heian to Early Kamakura Period (12-13th C.) Masatsune

Tachi: Unsigned

Tachi: Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.) / Fittings: Early Edo Period (17th C.) Attributed to Sukezane

Tachi: Signed ‘Norifusa’

Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.) Norifusa

Tachi: Signed ‘Nagamitsu’

Bizen Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.) Nagamitsu

Tachi: Signed ‘Bishu [...]’ / ‘Jyo [...]’

Bizen Province, Mid-Nambokucho Period (14th C.) Attributed to Masamitsu

Katana: Signed ‘Bizen-no-Kuni Ju Osafune Katsumitsu’ / ‘Eisho Juni-nen Ni-gatsu Kichijitsu’ (February 1515)

Bizen Province, Late Muromachi Period, Eisho 12 (1515) Katsumitsu

Tanto: Unsigned

Sagami Province, End of Kamakura Period (14th C.) Attributed to Yukimitsu

Katana: Unsigned

Iwami Province, Nambokucho Period (14th C.) Attributed to Naotsuna

Katana: Signed ‘Heki Tsushima Nyudo Chikyu Tsunemitsu’

Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.) Tsunemitsu

Katana: Signed ‘Nagasone Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu’

Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.) Nagasone Okisato (Kotetsu)

Katana: Signed ‘Nagasone Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu’ / (Gold-inlaid Inscription) ‘Kanbun Go-nen Juni-gatsu Juroku-nichi Yamano Kaemon Rokujuhachi-sai Nagahisa (Kao); Yotsu-do Setsudan’ (December 16, 1665, Yamano Kaemon, aged 68, Nagahisa (Kao seal); Capable of cutting four bodies at once)

Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.) Nagasone Okisato (Kotetsu)

Katana: Signed ‘Nagasone Okimasa’

Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.) Nagasone Okimasa

Wakizashi: Unsigned, (Monogram)

Hitachi Province, End of Edo Period (19th C.) Attributed to Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (Jun-kou)

Katana: Signed ‘Fujiwara Kiyondo Saku’ / ‘Genji Gan Ju-gatsu Yokka Denmacho ni oite Taitai Dodanbarai Yamada Yoshitoyo’

Musashi Province, End of Edo Period (1864) Kiyondo

Black Waxed Scabbards with Sword Fittings [Tsuba, Fuchigashira, Menuki] Signed Ishiguro Masayoshi Saku [Kozuka, Kogai] Signed Yanagawa Naomasa Saku

Late Edo Period (19th C.) [Tsuba, Fuchigashira, Menuki] Ishiguro Masayoshi [Kozuka, Kogai] Yanagawa Naomasa