How to Polish a Japanese Sword

Learn more about the exhibition Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156—1868, on view at the Met October 21, 2009 — January 10, 2010: A demonstration by Okisato Fujishiro, Japans leading sword polisher and connoisseur. Introduced by Morihiro Ogawa, curator of the exhibition. This is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the arts of the samurai. Arms and armor is the principal focus, bringing together the finest examples of armor, swords and sword mountings,