Krakow – Bizen Osafune

 

The exhibition “Nihontō – Miecze from Japan” installed at the Museum of Japanese Art and Technology – Manggha in Kraków, Poland, took place from late November 2019 to February 2020. The exhibition presented swords from the renowned Osafune School from the collections of the Japanese Bizen Osafune Museum.

  • Kamakura: 4
  • Nanbokucho: 7
  • Muromachi: 12
  • Azuchi-Momoyama: 2
  • Shinto: 2
  • Shinshinto: 3
  • Gendaito: 1
  • Shinsakuto: 6

The exhibition is related to the 100th anniversary of Polish-Japanese relations and the 25th anniversary of the museum.
The exhibition itself was conceived as a presentation of the Osafune school Bizen tradition from the end of the Kamakura period to the Shinsakuto swords.