01GI
義
Rectitude
Decide, then stop deciding. The right path is rarely the comfortable one.
Special Exhibition ／ 特別展12 Sep 2026 — 08 Feb 2027Tokyo · Gallery 1—8
侍
SAMURAI
武士道 ― 鋼に宿る魂The way of the warrior
Eight rooms. Seven virtues. One blade, drawn once a day at noon.
八つの部屋、七つの徳。
刀は日に一度、正午に抜かれる。
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02The Seven Virtues七つの徳
A code no one ever wrote down.
Bushidō was never a document. It was posture, silence, and the way a man returned a bowl. Seven words carried it.武士道は書物ではなく、姿勢であった。
02YŪ
勇
Courage
Not the absence of fear. The refusal to let fear choose for you.
03JIN
仁
Benevolence
Strength that spares. Mercy is the only proof of power.
04REI
礼
Respect
Courtesy held even toward an enemy — especially toward an enemy.
05MAKOTO
誠
Sincerity
A samurai's word needed no contract. Speaking it was the signing.
06MEIYO
名誉
Honour
Carried in the open, like a sword. Lost the same way.
07CHŪGI
忠義
Loyalty
The virtue that outlived the class. Given once, never audited.
七徳は文字ではなく、
姿勢として伝わった。
05Lineage系譜 ― 三人
1584—1645Gallery 5
Miyamoto
Musashi
Sixty-one duels, no defeat. He ended his life writing about strategy in a cave — two swords, one hand each.
c. 1157—1247Gallery 6
Tomoe
Gozen
Archer, rider, onna-musha. The chronicles call her a warrior worth a thousand — then lose her on purpose.
1567—1636Gallery 7
Date
Masamune
One eye, a crescent helmet, and an embassy sent to Rome. The last lord who behaved like a country.
Images: related period objects from open collections — not contemporaneous likenesses.
06In their words
千日の稽古を鍛とし、
万日の稽古を練とす。A thousand days of practice to forge. Ten thousand more to refine.
Miyamoto Musashi · 五輪の書 · 1645
07Selected objects主要展示品
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