Silk screens, women's firefighting robes and a Darth Vader costume are among the more than 280 unexpected items that are on ...

Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch ...

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says - ‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand ...

What does “samurai” conjure up for you? A virtuous Japanese warrior in immaculate armour, who’s scarily handy with a sword?

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior ...

The samurai are one of the most iconic symbols of Japan to be transported into Western popular media. Celebrated in films, TV shows, books, toys, video games and many more forms of media; the noble ...

The Museum of Applied Arts and Design (Arsenalo St 3A, Vilnius) of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art opened an exhibition Greatness in Humility. Artistic Elements of Japanese Swords, Prints and ...

The image and identity of the samurai were shaped through exchange with global cultures, say researchers ahead of the opening of a major exhibition at ...

Hisyo Ishida is looking at me with undisguised disappointment. I cannot blame him. His movements are sharp where mine are clumsy. His hair is pulled into a neat topknot where mine is flapping in my ...

The world of samurai is being showcased at the British Museum in London. A new exhibition aims to show how these iconic Japanese figures were far more than fierce warriors.

For most of us, the samurai exists somewhere between history and fantasy: honour-bound warriors, razor-sharp swords and an ...

As Japan boomed in the 1970s and 1980s, many in the West sought explanations for the nation’s economic success in its martial ...