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FAM COLLECTION ON LOAN RETURNED

Co-organized Exhibition

TEKKARYOURAN: The Beauty of Japanese Swords

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

On Loan

Turner and the Poetics of Landscape

Exhibition period Friday, November 3 - Sunday, February 4, 2018
Kitakyusyu Municipal Museum of Art (Fukuoka, Japan)
URL: http://kmma.jp/

On Loan

Hokusai and Japonisme

Exhibition period Saturday, October 21 - Sunday, January 28, 2018
The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, Japan)
URL: https://www.nmwa.go.jp/jp/

On Loan

Kiyokata’s Deep Affection to the Atmosphere of the Edo, Old Tokyo

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/

On Loan

Beginnings of Japanese Pastel Drawings: featuring TAKEUCHI Tsurunosuke & YAZAKI Chiyoji as forerunners

Exhibition period Saturday, October 14 - Sunday, November 26, 2017
Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
URL: https://mmat.jp