To be a samurai meant position and prestige, but it could all be taken away in an instant, plunging the once-proud warrior ...

A group of the fighting elite, trained in martial arts, these highly disciplined men and women, with their light armour and super sharp blades, made European knights look like clumsy amateurs. And the ...

The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s medieval period of social and political unrest that lasted from the late twelfth to late sixteenth centuries. Working with artistic renderings of the ...

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

The Philbrook Museum is set to open its latest exhibition featuring the armor of samurai warriors spanning almost nine ...

Washed up on the shores of Japan, Yasuke is a black man who is rescued by Portuguese missionaries and finds himself, through ...