Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection

This summer, the High presents an exhibition featuring one of the most important collections of samurai armor outside of Japan. 

Through a dazzling array of more than 150 helmets, swords and other objects spanning almost nine centuries, including nearly 20 complete sets of armor, the exhibition will illuminate the exceptionally high level of design and craft dedicated to these elaborate instruments of ceremony and combat and reveal the culture, lifestyle and artistic legacy associated with the samurai warrior in Japanese society. 

The High is the first museum in the Southeastern United States to present this exhibition, which has traveled to cities around the world.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

Image credit: Yokohagidō tōsei gusoku armor, Nanbokuchō period, 1336-1392 (helmet), mid-Edo period, 18th century (suit), iron, shakudō, gold and silver lacquer, lacing, leather, bronze, wood, silk, brocade, and bear fur. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-MuellerMuseum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.