Tag: Art
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Spirit of the Fight: Swordsmanship and Its Artful Practitioners
Pride of the Aristocracy, Soul of the Samurai – Collections including swords of Regents and Shoguns. Till March 31st at Kasugataisha Museum A superb exhibition of swords at Kasugataisha Museum comes to a close at the end of this month. Japan can always be relied upon to throw a good show, large or small, since…
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April exhibition round-up
APRIL 2024 ART/MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS IN NARA Modern Japanese Painting and a Newly-Excavated Ancient Sword In 2022, a magnificent “Serpentine Sword” (Dakoken 蛇行剣) of over two metres in length was excavated from the 4th century Tomio Maruyama Tumulus in Nara: the largest iron sword in East Asia from the period. Tomio Maruyama Tumulus is a circular…