A selective one-day Samurai Armor Fair launches next month in Amsterdam, writes Frances Allitt.
The event takes place on February 18 at the NH Caransa Hotel during the third Japanese Legacy Symposium taking place in the nearby city of Leiden from February 17-18.
So far Peter Finer (UK), Giuseppe Piva Arte Giapponese (Italy), Jones & Jones Oriental Art (UK), Philippe Leemans (Belgium) and Henk Milius (Netherlands) are set to stand at the event. Jones & Jones will offer this early 18th century bakufu daimyo quality russet iron gusoku (right), priced at £45,000.