Japanese Sword Museum
35°40′53″N 139°41′27″E / 35.681456°N 139.69089°E The Japanese Sword Museum or Tōken hakubutsukan (刀剣博物館) situated in Tokyo, is a small museum dedicated to the art of Japanese swordmaking. The museum is run by the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords.[1] It used to locate in Shibuya from 1978 to 2017. The new museum opened in Sumida, Tokyo in 2018.
The museum has a collection of more than 150 items, including swords (mainly katana), tosogu (mountings), yoroi (armor) as well as documents of metal working.[2]
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Museum Entrance (old location) -
Museum Entrance Display (old location) -
Museum Exterior (old location) -
New location
References
- ^ http://www.touken.or.jp/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
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