Japanese Arms and Armour: Understanding Armour Value and Particulars

Japan is a mysterious and beguiling nation, steeped within the deepest of traditions but strikingly trendy. Right here, Curator Emeritus Ian Bottomley sheds mild on some of the standard aspects of the Royal Armouries’ assortment, reflecting this mesmeric concord of reverence and reinvention. He affords an outline of Japanese arms and armour from the center ages to the 20th century, describing sword-making, firearms know-how, key army campaigns and samurai tradition within the ‘Land of the Rising Solar’.