![An Early 17th Century Long Japanese Samurai Sword Katana: A fine Japanese sword, looks early Shinto Period, early to mid 1600s, cutting edge is just over 27 in. overall length 34.3/4 in. The katana is possible Edo Ishido school, the hamon is nanako or boxed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646096_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
Edo Weapons & Armor
![An Early 17th Century Long Japanese Samurai Sword Katana: A fine Japanese sword, looks early Shinto Period, early to mid 1600s, cutting edge is just over 27 in. overall length 34.3/4 in. The katana is possible Edo Ishido school, the hamon is nanako or boxed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8693/332862/179646096_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717877769)
![Japan - Edo period Samurai armor, 18th century.: Japan - Kawatsutsumi Iyozanekoshitori urushi nuri samurai armour, two Nuinobe gusoku, one Kabuto Sogo Nari helmet and original storage box. Armour from the Edo period, 18th century, in good general co](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7501/331835/179137378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717660626)
![Japanese Edo Steel Katana w/ Gilt Menuki: East Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. 1600 to 1610 CE. A stunning steel katana of lengthy, unsigned (o-suriage) form featuring a shinogi-cukuri blade profile and an attractive gunome-choji temper pa](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974447_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Very Fine Late Edo period Japanese Samurai KATANA Sword by Famous MASAYOSHI Blacksmith. Fabulous: Very Fine Late Edo period Japanese Samurai KATANA Sword by Famous MASAYOSHI Blacksmith. Fabulous Mounts with Matching MON Symbols to Blued Tsuba, Koshira and Saya. Beautiful Clean Blade with Well Visi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4247/333735/180425134_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718823463)
![Beautiful Edo Period Japanese Samurai ABUMi Stirrup with Exquisite Silver Inlays of Large Hawk in: Beautiful Edo Period Japanese Samurai ABUMi Stirrup with Exquisite Silver Inlays of Large Hawk in Clouds. Multiple Artist Signatures on the Bottom. The Interior with Original Red Lacquer Finish. ~ . D](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4247/333735/180425079_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718823463)
![Rare Edo Period Japanese Samurai SASUMATA Staff Weapon Short Fork Spear, Very Sharp and Deadly.: Rare Edo Period Japanese Samurai SASUMATA Staff Weapon Short Fork Spear, Very Sharp and Deadly. Total length: 57", Blade length : 9" x 10 1/2". ~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4247/333735/180425097_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718823463)
![Japanese Samurai Armor Suneate Leg Defense, Edo Period 1603-1868: Hiza 'Yori' knee guards in red, Suneate shin guards in armoured chainmail, cotton, and linen padding. Size 11" H x 12" W. Metal bars/chainmail section of one disconnectedEx-Southern California Collect](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4859/332532/179346534_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717627095)
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Salcedo Auctions features fine Philippine art, jewelry March 14-15
MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Works by H.R. Ocampo, Arturo Luz, Justin Nuyda and Roberto Chabet, among many others, will be offered at Salcedo Auctions’ Important Philippine Art Sale on Saturday, March 14, on the company’s 10th anniversary. A fine jewelry and watches sale will follow on Sunday, March 15. Bid absentee or live online through […]
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Frida Escobedo tapped to design London’s Serpentine Pavilion 2018
LONDON – Architect Frida Escobedo, celebrated for dynamic projects that reactivate urban space, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2018. Harnessing a subtle interplay of light, water and geometry, her atmospheric courtyard-based design draws on both the domestic architecture of Mexico and British materials and history, specifically the Prime Meridian line at London’s […]
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Met Museum to show major collection of Edo paintings
NEW YORK – Painting blossomed in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868), as artists daringly experimented with conventional styles. Novel approaches to pictorial art came to Japan from China or the West, and new schools or styles emerged when individual painters stepped outside the rules set forth by established painting academies. The exhibition The Poetry […]
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A Taste of Cuba at Tate Modern’s Wifredo Lam Exhibition, Inside Hollywood’s Surreal Garage Sale, and More Fresh News
 News and updates from around the arts and auction community: The paintings of visionary Cuban artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) were last displayed at a London museum in 1952. Tate Modern’s ongoing exhibition is a six-decade retrospective of Lam’s work, with a series of special auxiliary events starting on Monday, Sept. 19. [Read more from […]