Japan: Courts and Culture

Telling the story of 400 years of British royal contact with Japan

Film: Seeing the Samurai

This fascinating Japanese armour was part of the first diplomatic gift between Japan and Britain. It is over 400 years old and one of the first documented Japanese armours to have been seen on British soil. Learn more about this amazing object in this short film.

Special Royal Collection online price. Every purchase helps us to care for and increase access to the Royal Collection.

Promotion

Japan: Courts and Culture


Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection, one of the world’s great art collections. Income from your visit helps us to conserve and share the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone, wherever they are.