Art of the samurai
Subtitle: Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868
By: edited by Morihiro Ogawa ; with contributions from Kazutoshi Harada ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ogawa, Morihiro, 1946-; Harada, Kazutoshi, 1950-; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781588393456; 9781588393463; 9780300142051
Subjects: Armor -- Japan -- History -- Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 -- Exhibitions; Armor -- Japan -- History -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions; Weapons -- Japan -- History -- Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600 -- Exhibitions; Weapons -- Japan -- History -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Exhibitions; Art objects, Japanese -- Exhibitions; Samurai -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Other titles: Japanese arms and armor, 1156-1868
Notes: 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.
Table of contents: title: Spirit of the samurai / Morihiro Ogawa; title: Japanese armor: an overview / Hiroshi Ikeda; title: History of the Japanese sword / Kazutoshi Harada; title: Sword mountings and fittings / Morihiro Ogawa.