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Exhibitions
Samurai:
The Way of the
Warrior Samurai: The Way of the Warrior presents a selection of more than ninety objects
April 21–July 23, 2017 cultural, and aesthetic codes of the samurai class. Each object reflects the identity,
Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries
from one of the most important collections of Japanese arms and armor outside of
Japan. The exhibition includes armor, helmets, swords, saddles, arrows, and bows
from the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy.
The styles and craftsmanship of Japanese artisans on view manifest the moral,
taste, and status of individual owners, and together they provide an unusual
perspective on one of the great antiquarian assemblages of nineteenth-century Europe.
The exhibition is organized by Contemporanea Progetti SRL with the Museo Stibbert,
Florence, Italy. This exhibition was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin
Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for
the Arts. Additional support provided by the Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc.
Assembled suits of armor greet visitors at the
entrance to Samurai: The Way of the Warrior.
Eric Tadsen for the Chazen Museum of Art