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 ...

Critics claim Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black samurai is historically inaccurate, but Yasuke’s real-life story proves ...

More about the life of Musashi and other samurai can be discovered at Shimada Museum of Arts, which houses exhibits on the history of Kumamoto’s warrior culture. In addition to being a sword ...

From Drifters and Brave 10 to Samurai Champloo and Gintama, there's no shortage of exciting samurai anime to be enjoyed.

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

The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture features a samurai collection among its many other art exhibits to enjoy this spring ...

But the Samurai's role in Japanese culture is much more complex than that ... Angus Lockyer is Lecturer in Japanese History and Chair of the Japan Research Centre at the School of Oriental ...

The Philbrook Museum’s Samurai exhibit showcases 80 pieces of armor, offering a glimpse into the art and history of Japan’s warrior class.

The Assassin’s Creed series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with ...

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 ...

An exhibit at the Philbrook Museum of Art takes guests on a journey through the culture ... the artistic legacy of the Samurai and offers guests a glimpse into the history of Japanese society.