SAMURAI
ARMS & ARMOR

JAPANESE
WORKS OF ART

Welcome

Welcome to my online gallery of authentic samurai armor and Japanese art.
 
The published works have been very carefully chosen for quality, rarity and state of preservation. I have chosen the often arduous path of rigorous selection for quality and state of preservation, aimed at offering works of excellence. If you are looking for authentic samurai armor, a folding screen, or any other work of Japanese art, I trust you will find something on this site that may be to your liking. 
 
I look forward to hearing from you, 
 
Giuseppe Piva

Tosogu Masters: Hirata Hikozo

Hirata Hikozo (1590? – 1635) is one of the most famous Higo craftsmen, also a master of the first generations of Jingo and Kanshiro. He worked under the patronage of Hosokawa Sansai, an important samurai and tea ceremony master, who was a disciple of Sen

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Focus on: Myochin Muneakira

Private collection Myōchin Muneakira is considered the best skilled armor maker of Japan during the Edo period. At the age of 12, he began his apprenticeship with Munesuke, his uncle, focusing on the complex skill of iron embossing (uchidashi), where Munesuke himself had achieved an

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