![]() Sword collecting soon became highly popular in the Japanese American community. At the end of World War II, an estimated three million swords left Japan in the hands of veterans. This was continued in the United States by Japanese immigrants and other collectors. The swords, armor, and other traditional tools and vestments of the samurai have been prized and collected for centuries in Japan. The display also examines ways this facet of Japanese culture has been preserved, embraced, and shared in America. Assembled from collections in the greater Los Angeles area, Jidai features rare and historically significant samurai artifacts dating as far back as the Kamakura Period (AD 1185–1333) in Japan. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jidai: Timeless Works of Samurai Art looks at the weaponry and armor of the samurai-Japan’s elite warrior class. ![]()
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