Meditation on the blade

In Moscow Kremlin museums opened exhibition "C amurai"

This is the first tour to Russia Tokyo National Museum, the oldest in Japan and one of the leaders in the world.

In the coming two months will Borovitsky hill stormed thirst for Japan to join the culture, fashion which engulfed the entire world (as rumoured haves Russians already acquired there for millions Samuraj blades). In museums of the Kremlin decided to deal seriously, who is the samurai, first came to a Russian art context kinoekrana thanks to Akira Kurosawa. At the exhibition, we see them not only as warriors, chtyaschih bushido code of honour, but as actors and playwrights theater, as intellectuals, write poetry, trained calligraphy, music and dance.

In Moscow, arrived more than 70 monuments, telling people about the culture of samurai over ten centuries. At the same time brought the work of Chinese rarities, which analogues in China itself is not preserved.

Legendary ancient blades, frightening helmets, armour haluta Construction of the Assumption in the belfry, each separated in a separate window, that nothing prevents consider it in detail. The Japanese appreciated the skilful filing, invented in Moscow: the details were clearly visible, which in Tokyo skradyvaet weak lighting (such rules storage!). There swords only mysterious flickering in polutme, while in the Kremlin they literally zasiyali on white fabric stands in the form of Mount Fuji.

Even in the long-term programme "Royal and Imperial treasures in the Moscow Kremlin, are rarities and masterpieces of the Louvre, Palace Museum in Beijing and other famous palaces, museums, the project stands at a special place.

As soon as relics of national stories, frightening Japanese holy trembling, never export from countries of the rising sun. Judge for yourselves: three blades, headed the list in 1719 in the celebrated swords - but they were collected in Japan with the XV century, with much holding in palaces - two are now in the Kremlin. Forged in the XIII century master Sukedzane sword tattoo is the official status of National Treasures (such items in Japan more than a thousand). Two other ancient miracle designer thought centenary younger: Catalan work Masamune and tatami from Moritsugu - the "cultural heritage of special importance." Near - relic in 1000, the oldest surviving in the country Yasutsuna sword master. Meditate, you can compare the nuances in slowly bend and the length of blades, blades razglyadyvat on sophisticated "soul warrior" hamon (this line, outlines of hardened blade), author-ski inscriptions patterns "wood fibers" and "sea waves" ...

But is there even such sophisticated weaponry to defeat a warrior, protected nature - armour XV century, where mobile thin plate of iron and bovine skin ingenious opleteny colourful silk cord?

When the onset of peace in Japan, craftsmen switched to toy with armor-transformer. In the Patriarch's Palace iron serpentine dragon opens the "peace" section of the exhibition. Outside the battlefield soldiers were needed masks and costumes with gold embroidery theater, but written devices, attributes the tea ceremony (from bamboo spoons four centuries keeps the name of his creator). In peacetime valued scenic landscapes on screen, uzorchatye ladies' silk dress, gilded boxes for drugs - primarily finesse.