Upper portion of samurai armor. 17th century, Japan
Section Japon du musée Guimet
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Standard Banner (Sashimono), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Silk, leather, pigment
Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城 Kumonosu-jō, “Spider Web Castle”)
Die Sieben Samurai
Samurai of the Boshin War
The Boshin War, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a
civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the
ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to
the Imperial Court.
Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城 Kumonosu-jō, “Spider Web Castle”)
Helmet (Suji-kabuto Akoda-nari), Arms and Armor
Rogers Fund, 1913
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, silk
Mask with Neck Guard by Myōchin Munemitsu, Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, gold, leather, textile (silk)
Mask with Neck Guard by Myōchin Munemitsu, Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, gold, leather, textile (silk)