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Art of the samurai : Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868 / Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868 edited by Morihiro Ogawa ; with contributions from Kazutoshi Harada ... [et al.]. - New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2009. - xii, 344 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 21, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spirit of the samurai / Morihiro Ogawa -- Japanese armor: an overview / Hiroshi Ikeda -- History of the Japanese sword / Kazutoshi Harada -- Sword mountings and fittings / Morihiro Ogawa.

ISBN: 9781588393456 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc)) 1588393453 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (hc)) 9781588393463 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (pbk.)) 1588393461 (Metropolitan Museum of Art (pbk.)) 9780300142051 (Yale University Press (hc)) 0300142056 (Yale University Press (hc))

LCCN: 2009038425

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Armor--History--Japan--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600--Exhibitions.
Armor--History--Japan--Edo period, 1600-1868--Exhibitions.
Weapons--History--Japan--Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600--Exhibitions.
Weapons--History--Japan--Edo period, 1600-1868--Exhibitions.
Art objects, Japanese--Exhibitions.
Samurai--Exhibitions.

LC Class. No.: NK6684.A1 / A79 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 739.70952/0747471