Special Feature: Swords That Bind — Appreciating National Treasure and Important Cultural Property Swords (Kyoto National Museum, 2026)
特集展示「縁を結ぶかたな―国宝・重要文化財で学ぶ刀剣鑑賞―」
A sword-focused special feature exhibition held by the Kyoto National Museum from 4 February to 22 March 2026 at the Heisei Chishinkan wing, presenting around thirty National Treasure and Important Cultural Property swords — tachi, tanto, straight blades and naginata — organised around four themes: form, signature, temper pattern, and blade carving.
解說
Overview
The Kyoto National Museum is holding a special feature exhibition, "Swords That Bind — Appreciating National Treasure and Important Cultural Property Swords," from 4 February to 22 March 2026 in Rooms 4 and 5 of the ground floor of the Heisei Chishinkan wing. Strongly educational in character, it presents around thirty top-tier swords — National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties — drawn from the museum's own collection and works entrusted to it.
Structure and Viewpoints
The exhibition is organised around four viewpoints fundamental to sword appreciation: "form," "signature," "temper pattern (hamon)," and "blade carving." The "form" section traces how shape differs across tachi, katana and tanto; "signature" explains how a smith's inscription on the tang reveals place and date of manufacture; "temper pattern" explores the sculptural beauty created at the boundary between the hardened edge and the body of the blade; and "blade carving" unpacks the meaning of motifs such as the kurikara dragon and Sanskrit characters engraved on the blade — all illustrated through actual National Treasure and Important Cultural Property swords.
Works on Display
Alongside National-Treasure-designated tachi and tanto, the display includes Important-Cultural-Property-designated straight blades (jokito), an early sword form predating the Nara period, and naginata, long-handled curved blades — together offering a survey of how the Japanese sword evolved from antiquity through the medieval period. Surviving straight blades are rare and hold high documentary value as evidence of the stage preceding the curved "tachi" form that became established from the Heian period onward.
Significance
The Kyoto National Museum holds one of Japan's most important sword and sword-fitting collections, and this exhibition is a recurring opportunity to present that material alongside a systematic method of appreciation. By offering newcomers concrete cues for what to look for, it opens a door into sword culture for general visitors as well as dedicated enthusiasts.
登場的真實刀劍
瀏覽真正的日本刀
瀏覽真正的日本刀相關內容
信長的野望
遊戲信長の野望
光榮特庫摩遊戲公司從1983年開始開發・販售的歷史模擬遊戲系列。以織田信長為首的戰國大名為操控對象，目標是全國統一的國民級系列。武將的『刀劍』『武裝』被詳細參數化，可以體系地學習日本刀的歷史・流通與武將的聯繫，是日本最長壽的歷史遊戲系列。
七人的侍
電影七人の侍
由黑澤明監督執導的1954年的不朽名作，也是世界電影史上最具影響力的作品之一。以戰國時代末期為舞台，描述為了保護村落免受野盜侵害而聚集的七位浪人的故事，生動地刻畫了武士的社會角色與刀的實用側面，是向世界介紹日本刀劍文化的紀念碑式作品。對《荒野七人》、《星際大戰》、《瘋狂麥克斯》等無數作品產生了影響。
傳說＆蝴蝶（電影・2023年）
電影レジェンド＆バタフライ（映画・2023年）
東映70周年紀念作品（大友啓史導演、編劇：古澤良太、2023年1月上映）。木村拓哉飾演織田信長，綾瀨遙飾演正室·濃姫（歸蝶），描繪信長與濃姫鮮為人知的夫婦紐帶。總製作費20億圓，累計動員數超過180萬人的大型歷史電影。以信長所持的史實名刀——宗三左文字（義元左文字）·押切長谷部——為文化背景，標榜「天下布武」的信長刀劍觀與濃姫力量相交織，也是從刀劍文化角度看相當重要的作品。
青之祓魔師
動畫・漫畫青の祓魔師
驅除惡魔的祓魔師以劍戰鬥的少年漫畫。主人公的聖劍成為故事的中心。
本頁旨在介紹日本刀文化，與各作品的著作權持有者無關。