The Museum represents one of the most important and consistent European collections of Japanese art of the Edo period (1600-1868) but there are also sections reserved for other Asian civilizations (China and Indonesia).
Specifically, Japanese art includes:
the armor used mainly in parades, perfect copies of the originals, consisting of a helmet, kabuto, with crest, a mask, men, a leaf ruff and breastplate;
typical cabinets and sword holders and cases for swords;
jingasa, lacquered wooden war hats;
numerous types of weapons (tachi,
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