Fort talks: Samurai armour in Tokugawa Japan
Speaker: Natasha Bennett – Curator of Oriental Collections, Royal Armouries
After centuries of tumultuous civil wars, the Tokugawa shogunate established dominion across Japan in the early 1600s. The new regime unified the country and entrenched rigidly controlled peace throughout the land for over 250 years. For members of the warrior class, the likelihood of becoming embroiled in warfare was dramatically diminished. Yet rather than dropping out of use, armour continued to be produced on an i
7.30pm - 9pm. £5 per person
Fort Nelson
Portsdown Hill Road Hampshire PO17 6AN
Wed 12 Dec 2018