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The Japanese samurai sword’s. art of weapon brought from China and Korea.
Perfected by the meticulous and idiosyncratic. Japanese people.
The swordsmith was clean and reverent, greatest respect for every detail. His rituals included praying,
wearing white, and performing misogi purification. The
processs required compete forcus and concentration.
The middle of the Heian periodKoto “old sword” period
The swords that emerged from the latter part of this era are of the finest made to date.
A popular print depicting Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a Japanese feudal lord and samurai (Japanese Warrior),
Under the rule of Hideyoshi(Image © The Art Archive)
Taishokuhan (The Great Woven Cap) Japan, late 17th-early 18th century Edo
PeriodPair of six-fold screens: ink, color and
gold on paper.
This is a large vessel that was
intended to hold a person’s dried
ones, some innards, and a few personal effects. It’s sliced open around the
middle - to put stuff in or take
stuff out?
Japan Architecture
For centuries in Japan, skilled artisans constructed castles, temples and other national monuments using mortises, tongue and groove joinery, and wooden dowels and wedges. These magnificent
structures, based on precise carpentry cuts rather than nails and other hardware, are still standing today because of their excellent engineering and
use of innovative tools such as the pull saw.