The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
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Momonari-kabuto with butterfly crest
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Sunday Nov 8, 2009 (2–5pm)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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Come enjoy a Sunday at the Met! This afternoon explores Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156–1868, the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai with a focus on arms and armor from the late Heian period (ca. 1156) through to the end of the Edo period (1600–1868). Speakers include Morihiro Ogawa, curator of the exhibition; Victor Harris, British Museum and The Japan Society; Norio Suzuki, Director-General, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo; and Okisato Fujishiro, Japan's leading sword polisher and connoisseur. 2 p.m. in the Museum's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
Image: Momonari-kabuto (peach-shaped helmet) with butterfly crest. Edo period, 18th century. National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture
