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Piękno Wykute w Stali
Beauty forged in steel: Japanese swords from Polish private collections

Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej
ul. M. Konopnickiej 26, 30-302 Kraków, Poland

14 May - 10 October 2010

Wystawa Piękno wykute w stali. Miecze japońskie z polskich kolekcji prywatnych pierwsza w Polsce tak duża ekspozycja poświęcona tematowi miecza japońskiego, prezentuje rozmaite rodzaje i typy mieczów pochodzących z różnych okresów, a także różnorodne formy oprawy i poszczególne części mieczy. Jako zasadę przyjęto ich podział na grupy według czasu powstania i przyjętej zwyczajowo chronologii historii miecza japońskiego, czyli kotō, shintō, shinshintō i gendaitō.

Japanese swords of Polish private collections is first such exhibition held in Poland devoted to the subject, and presents swords of the Koto, Shinto, Gendaitō, and Shinshintō periods together with kodogu, armor, and woodblock prints.

Past Exhibits

Art of the Samurai
Japanese Arms and Armor from the Late Heian through the Edo Period (ca. 1156–1868)

October 20, 2009–January 10, 2010

Announcement | NYT Review

This will be the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai. Arms and armor will be the principal focus, bringing together the finest examples of armor, swords and sword mountings, archery equipment and firearms, equestrian equipment, banners, surcoats, and related accessories of rank such as fans and batons. Drawn entirely from public and private

collections in Japan, the majority of objects date from the rise of the samurai in the late Heian period, ca. 1156, through the early modern Edo period, ending in 1868, when samurai culture was abolished. The martial skills and daily life of the samurai, their governing lords, the daimyo, and the ruling shoguns will also be evoked through the presence of painted scrolls and screens depicting battles and martial sports, castles, and portraits of individual warriors. The exhibition will conclude with a related exhibition documenting the recent restoration in Japan of a selection of arms and armor from the Metropolitan Museum's permanent collection.

The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan, and the Tokyo National Museum. The exhibition is made possible by The Yomiuri Shimbun. Additional support is provided by The Brine Family Charitable Trust and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.

Lords of the Samurai
Asian Art Museum
San Francisco, CA

12 June – 20 September 2009
More than just warriors, Japanese samurai of the highest rank were visionaries, writers, and artists as well. The Hosokawa clan, powerful military nobles with a 600-year-old lineage, embodied this duality of fierce warrior and refined gentleman. This exhibition features more than 150 works from the Hosokawa family collection housed in the Eisei-Bunko Museum in Tokyo, the Kumamoto Castle, and the Kumamoto Municipal Museum in Kyushu. Objects on view will include suits of armor, armaments (including swords and guns), formal attire, calligraphy, paintings, teaware, lacquerware, masks, and musical instruments. The Asian Art Museum is the exclusive U.S. venue for this exhibition.

Mostra Palazzo Reale, Milano (Italia)SAMURAI 25 febbraio 2 giugno 2009 Palazzo Reale Exhibition 25 February - 2 June 2009
「いくさ場の光景-大阪城天守閣蔵戦国合戦図屏風展」期　間：平成 21年3月20日(金・祝)～5月6日(水・振休) Battleground Scenes - Scenes from the Battlefields of the Sengoku Jidai as Illustrated on Folding Screnes in the Collection of Osaka Castle Museum 20 March - 6 May 2009 Program
備前長船刀剣博物館「民話・説話・昔話の中の日本刀」期　間：平成２１年２月１１日(水)～４月１２日（日） Bizen Osafune Japanese Sword Museum 11 February - 12 April 2009 備前長船刀剣博物館「占いと日本刀」期　間：平成２０年１２月４日（木）～平成２１年２月８日（日） “Fortune-telling and the Japanese sword” 4 December 2008 - 8 February 2009

View Nihonto TV's special report on the
Modern Japanese Swordsmiths Exhibition 2 - 18 January 2009 Yasukuni Jinja Tokyo, Japan

東海道の名工たち～正宗から村正まで
平成２０年１１月８日（土）－１２月２１日（日）
8 November through
21 December 2008
Sano Art Museum


岐阜市歴史博物館特別展兼定と兼元― 戦国時代の美濃刀― Gifu City Museum Exhibition Mino Swords of the Sengoku Period 平成２０年１０月２４日（金）～１１月３０日（日） 24 October through 30 November 2008 Gifu City Museum

第三回お守り刀展覧会
Omamori-gatana Exhibition
Exhibitions run 4 October through 6 December 2008
All Japan Swordsmiths Association

Celebrated Swords of the Seikado Collection: Embracing the Spirit of the Samurai
On exhibit through 27 July 2008
Seikado Bunko Art Museum
2-23-1, Okamoto, Setagaya-ku,
Tokyo 157-0076
(Japan)

Presents 30 Japanese swords from the Heian to the Edo periods and features a 10th century sword by Yasutsuna.

Photograph: Sword polisher Eichi Yoshikawa with an Edo Period blade, Yoshiaki Miura photographer.

See Japan Times article:
"The soul of the samurai on show" by Yoko Haruhara (26 June 2008)

Strength and Beauty:
A Selection of Japanese Decorative Arts: 1300 – 1925
On exhibit 8 March – 5 October 2008
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Japanese Decorative Arts

Traditional aspects of Japanese design, craftsmanship, and motifs are displayed through a sampling of arts, including stoneware ceramics for the tea ceremony; brightly colored porcelains; and medieval sword blades from the 13th –17th centuries. Lacquered wood cosmetic, writing and game boxes, as well as more contemporary forms, reflect Japanese life and culture into the twentieth century.

Flower Blossom on the Japanese Sword: The Bizen Ichimonji Tradition

林原美術館
Hayashibara Museum of Art (Japan)
24 February – 30 March 2008

大倉集古館
Okura Shukokan Museum, Tokyo
6 April - 18 May 2008

徳川美術館
Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya City
24 May - 6 July 2008

Assembled from museum and private collections, 52 exhibits with seven national treasure swords including the Uesugi-tachi and Okadagiri.

Norimune, Sukemune, Sukenori, (Kasa) Naomune/Ichi, Muneyoshi, Shigehisa, Munetada, Nobufusa, Norinari - Norishige, Ietada, Sukekane
Yoshifusa, Norifusa, Sukezane, Nobukane, Yoshimochi, Suketsuna,
Sukeyoshi, Sukemori, Sukemitsu, and other blades attributed to Yoshioka-Ichimonji.

Samurai
Historisches Museum der Pfalz (Germany)
Domplatz
67346 Speyer
24 February - 5 October 2008
open Tuesday through Sunday 10:00 - 16:00 hours
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Lethal Elegance: The Art of Japanese Samurai Sword Fittings
On exhibit through 30 June 2008
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Japanese Sword Gallery

During the 1880s Japan's greatest metalworkers enjoyed a close relationship with the MFA's early benefactors, some of whose gifts to the Museum are shown alongside important loans. These master craftsmen have recently re-emerged into the limelight thanks to a revival of interest in the art of the Meiji era (1868-1912) and the exhibition will demonstrate their brilliant success in transferring traditional skills from the domestic to the global marketplace.
In addition to earlier examples, also included are masterpieces of miniature metalwork made after 1876. In all the exhibition presents 150 of the finest examples of tosogu from the MFA's collection of more than 3,500 pieces.