The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan. In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became ...

The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle, the city ...

For more than 800 years, the samurai helped to lay the foundations of Japan's culture. Their reverence for honor, duty, and service remains ingrained in Japanese society even today. Together with ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Gregory Irvine, Nicola Liscutin and Angus Lockyer discuss the history of the Samurai and the role of their myth in Japanese national identity. Show more Melvyn Bragg and ...

In the real history, a few thousand samurai's belief in their moral superiority as a class, their refusal to relinquish the privilege of offering special service to the nation, and their ...

In the real history, a few thousand samurai's belief in their moral superiority as a class, their refusal to relinquish the privilege of offering special service to the nation, and their ...

he was black, and his skin was like charcoal," a fellow samurai, Matsudaira Ietada ... and appears in recorded history only between 1579 and 1582. Some experts say he was a slave, but it is ...

and knowledge of Japanese history. Five online modules each provide a case study in the role of art in capturing and conveying human experience. The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s ...