Japanese Sword Museum

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]

  • Museum Entrance (old location)
  • Museum Entrance Display (old location)
  • Museum Exterior (old location)
  • New location

References
  1. http://www.touken.or.jp/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2009-02-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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