Auction Preview for Fifty Sets of Armor to Be Held by Kogire-kai at Kyoto's Kohdai Temple.Aesthetics in MONONOFU/The Samurai samurai (sä'm  rī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was Family
--Experience the Heart of the Samurai in the Warrior Arts and the Forms of the Samurai Way-- http://www.kogire-kai.co.jp/bukenobi/index.html KYOTO, Japan -- Kogire-kai (headquartered at 265 Hanatate-machi, Koromonotana-dori Takeya-machi Kudaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi; Chair: Mizue Kakimoto) will hold a special auction preview, Aesthetics in the Samurai Family, for three days from Friday, October 17, 2008 through Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Kohdai Temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Higashiyama (東山区 Higashiyama-ku . Admission will require either a temple viewing ticket (which, at 900 yen, includes admission for Kohdai Temple, the Kohdaiji Sho Museum and the Entokuin Temple as well) or an invitation coupon from our auction catalog An auction catalog is a catalog that lists items to be sold at an auction. Auction catalogs for rare and expensive items, such as art, jewelry, postage stamps, and antique furniture, are of interest in and of themselves, for they will frequently include detailed descriptions of the . Persons interested in a catalog are requested to contact us as indicated below. Attendees at the auction shall be able to see real weaponry, accessories and armor, and shall also be permitted to participate in the bidding for those items. * Aesthetics in the Samurai Family Auction Preview The current auction catalog includes approximately 300 items, including the breastplate breastplate 1. for use with a saddle, a strap attached to the girth at its lowest point, which then passes between the forelimbs, passes upwards and divides to pass on either side of the neck and to meet at the withers after attaching to the front edge of the saddle. from the late Muromachi period Muromachi period In Japanese history, period of military government (bakufu, or shogunate) from the 14th to the 16th century. The bakufu was established in 1338 by the samurai (warrior) Ashikaga Takauji. (see photo), armor, helmets, swords, sword fittings (swordguards, decorative hilts and pommels owned and used by Masanori Fukushima, saddles decorated with gold lacquer lacquer, solution of film-forming materials, natural or synthetic, usually applied as an ornamental or protective coating. Quick-drying synthetic lacquers are used to coat automobiles, furniture, textiles, paper, and metalware. and mother-of-pearl, and traditional Japanese matchlock matchlock Device for igniting gunpowder, invented in the 15th century. The first mechanical ignition system, it represented a major advance in small-arms manufacture. rifles. Dates and Times: from Friday, October 17, through Sunday, October 19, from 10am through 5pm Venue: Kohdai Temple and Entokuin Temple, 526 Shimokawara-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi About Kogire-kai Kogire-kai has been hosting auctions of art pieces and antiquities in Kyoto since 1993. We plan and run art auction and perform sales on contract basis. We have a rental gallery, and regularly hold auction previews at the Kita-Kamakura Museum of Art and the Shokoku Gallery. Antique Dealer's Licence: Kyoto Prefecture Public Safety Commission License #108 Art Dealer's License: Kyoto Prefecture Public Safety Commission License #612229620002 |
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