When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

The sword must have found its way into ... likely that it came to Berlin as a souvenir from European travelers, or was brought to Berlin by Japanese travelers—there were also Japanese students ...

show other treasures from the collection including a rare sword and scabbard from the Ming dynasty, a Japanese helmet from the Edo period and a European sword bearing Arabic inscriptions.