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21 February 2022

Kabuto buying guide

Most collectors of original Japanese samurai armor focus their purchases on kabuto (samurai helmet) and menpo (samurai mask). These two pieces were...

27 January 2022

The Haruta School

The Haruta school, which presumably started in Nara during the early Muromachi period (1333-1573) and remained active throughout the Edo period,...

20 September 2021

The shapes of samurai helmets

The helmet of samurai armour - the kabuto - can have different shapes. These may depend on the period in which they were made, and thus on the...

15 July 2021

Q&A on Samurai Armor

What do the symbols on a samurai helmet mean? Traditionally, a helmet of samurai armour (kabuto) bears an attached decoration on the front called...

01 July 2021

How to buy original samurai armor at Giuseppe Piva...

Buying Samurai Armor Are you looking for an original antique samurai armor and finally want to buy it? Whether you want to buy an armor part, such...

11 May 2021

Samurai sword: a classification

Japanese terminology for classifying samurai swords is quite precise. Since only samurai were allowed to carry a long sword in ancient Japan, the...