The Japanese Sword and the Japanese Aesthetic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8BW86UrO1k Oichi no Kata, Wife of Asai Nagamasa Momoyama period, 16th century Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk; 37 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (96 x 40.9 cm) Jimyoin Temple, Wakayama Prefecture Important Cultural Property Learn more about the exhibition Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156—1868, on view at t..
