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Description: | Swords had great symbolic importance for the samurai, who were the military class of Japan. Swords were kept on racks when not needed for ceremonial use or battle. This 18th-century sturdy sword rack is simply designed, and can hold up to three swords. It is made of metal, and is covered in black lacquer with intricate gold lacquer decoration of leaves, flowers and circular crests. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East metalwork art other cultures date | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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