Pair of Spiral-Wrapped Sword Mountings (Hirumaki no Daishō) 朱漆金蛭巻大小しゅうるしきんひるまきのだいしょう
Description
During the tumultuous civil wars of the late 1500s, the samurai began to wear [daishō] — pairs of long and short swords in matching scabbards. This ornate [daishō] combines red lacquer with gold. It was probably owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), a samurai warlord famed as one of the Three Unifiers of Japan.
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026