Exhibition period Saturday, January 13 - Monday, February 12, 2018
Tokushima city Tokushima Castle Museum (Tokushima, Japan)
URL: https://www.city.tokushima.tokushima.jp/johaku/
Aritsuna [Important Cultural Property] Tachi: Signed ‘Aritsuna’
Hoki Province, Late Heian Period (12th C.)
Iron, forged
Fukuoka Ichimonji [Important Cultural Property] Tachi: Signed ‘Ichi’
Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.)
Iron, forged
Chikakage [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)
Iron, forged
Masatsune Katana: Folded Signature ‘Masatsune’
Bizen Province, End of Heian to Early Kamakura Period (12-13th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Sukezane Tachi: Unsigned
Tachi: Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.) / Fittings: Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Norifusa Tachi: Signed ‘Norifusa’
Bizen Province, Mid-Kamakura Period (13th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Ayanokoji Katana: Unsigned
Yamashiro Province, Mid Kamakura Period (13th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Ryumon Wakizashi: Unsigned
Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Tegai Katana: Unsigned
Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Taima Katana: Unsigned
Yamato Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Nagamitsu Tachi: Signed ‘Nagamitsu’
Bizen Province, Late Kamakura Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Rai Kunizane Katana: Unsigned
Yamashiro Province, Nambokucho Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Naotsuna Katana: Unsigned
Iwami Province, Nambokucho Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Masamitsu Tachi: Signed ‘Bishu [...]’ / ‘Jyo [...]’
Bizen Province, Mid-Nambokucho Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Katsumitsu Katana: Signed ‘Bizen-no-Kuni Ju Osafune Katsumitsu’ / ‘Eisho Juni-nen Ni-gatsu Kichijitsu’ (February 1515)
Bizen Province, Late Muromachi Period, Eisho 12 (1515)
Iron, forged
Kanesada (aka Nosada) Katana: Signed ‘Izumi-no-Kami Fujiwara Kanesada Saku’
Mino Province, Mid to Late Muromachi Period (16th C.)
Iron, forged
Nagasone Okisato (Kotetsu) Katana: Signed ‘Nagasone Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu’
Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
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.)
Iron, forged
Nagasone Okimasa Katana: Signed ‘Nagasone Okimasa’
Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Tsunahiro Wakizashi: Signed ‘Soushu Ju Isedaijou Minamoto no Tsunahiro’
Sagami Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Sukenao Wakizashi: Signed ‘Oumi no Kami Sukenao’
Settsu Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Kunikiyo Katana: Signed (chrysanthemum mark) ‘Yamasiro no Kami Fujiwara Kunikiyo’
Echizen Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Masanori Katana: Signed ‘Yamato Daijo Fujiwara Masanori’
Echizen Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Kiyondo Katana: Signed ‘Fujiwara Kiyondo Saku’ / ‘Genji Gan Ju-gatsu Yokka Denmacho ni oite Taitai Dodanbarai Yamada Yoshitoyo’
Musashi Province, End of Edo Period (1864)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Yukimitsu Tanto: Unsigned
Sagami Province, End of Kamakura Period (14th C.)
Iron, forged
Tsunemitsu Katana: Signed ‘Heki Tsushima Nyudo Chikyu Tsunemitsu’
Musashi Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Yukihiro Katana: Signed ‘Ichi Hizen no Kuni Dewa no Kami Yukihiro Orandagitae wo motte tukuru’
Hizen Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Masakiyo Tanto: Unsigned
Satsuma Province, Mid Edo Period (18th C.)
Iron, forged
Attributed to Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (Jun-kou) Wakizashi: Unsigned, (Monogram)
Hitachi Province, End of Edo Period (19th C.)
Iron, forged
(Presumably) handed down in the Shimazu family Suit of Armor in Domaru Gusoku Style
Momoyama-Early Edo Period (16-17th c.)
Iron, leather, silk, lacquer, copper
(Presumably) handed down in the Nabeshima family Jin-baori, Battle Surcoat (with the motifs of dragons and clouds, and the crests of the Nabeshima clan)
Mid Edo Period (18th c.)
Silk
[Tsuba, Fuchigashira, Menuki] Ishiguro Masayoshi [Kozuka, Kogai] Yanagawa Naomasa Black Waxed Scabbards with Sword Fittings [Tsuba, Fuchigashira, Menuki] Signed Ishiguro Masayoshi Saku [Kozuka, Kogai] Signed Yanagawa Naomasa Saku
Late Edo Period (19th C.)
Signed on kabuto helmet: Suifuki Yoshinori; handed down in the Todo Family Suit of Armor in Okegawado Gusoku Style with Todo Crest
Late Edo Period (19th c.)
Iron, leather, silk, lacquer
Suit of Armor in Purple Susogo Laced Style
Mid Edo Period (18th c.)
Iron, leather, reed, silk, lacquer, copper
Suit of Armor in Okegawa Nimaido Gusoku Style
Mid Edo Period (18th c.)
Iron, leather, silk, lacquer
Suit of Armor in Brown and Gold Laced Domaru Style
Mid Edo Period (18th c.)
Iron, leather, silk, lacquer, copper
Kanenaka Katana: Signed ‘Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Kanenaka’ / ‘Echizen Ju’
Echizen Province, Early Edo Period (17th C.)
Iron, forged
Exhibition period Friday, November 3 - Sunday, February 4, 2018
Kitakyusyu Municipal Museum of Art (Fukuoka, Japan)
URL: http://kmma.jp/
Exhibition period Saturday, October 21 - Sunday, January 28, 2018
The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, Japan)
URL: https://www.nmwa.go.jp/jp/
Exhibition period Saturday, October 28 - Sunday, December 3, 2017
Kamakura City Kaburaki Kiyokata Memorial Art Museum (Kanagawa, Japan)
URL: http://www.kamakura-arts.or.jp/kaburaki/
Exhibition period Saturday, October 14 - Sunday, November 26, 2017
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
URL: https://mmat.jp