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 ...
From ninja museums to hallowed samurai battlefields, here are the best sites to dive into epic Japan via the hit FX/Hulu series. Shōgun hit its stride right out of the gate when its first two episodes ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Samurai warriors may be best known in the United States from movies and ...
"Streaming Samurai: Historical Japan in Contemporary Media" Although the age of samurai ended more than 150 years ago, medieval Japanese warriors continue to fascinate people today as characters in ...
Opening on Saturday, a new exhibition at the VMFA brings one of the world’s largest collections of Japanese samurai armor to town. “Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller ...
From 1603 to 1867, Japanese culture flourished and featured a unique and highly controlled system of gender dynamics. Japanese Traditional Theater, or Kabuki (歌舞伎), often exaggerated these dynamics ...
Japan has a proud history of anti-imperialist struggle. Samurai means “to Serve” and belongs to the warrior class of feudal Japan. The classes of Japan were based upon the caste system of India and ...
Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
This article concerns the 1860 Japanese Man'en Gannen Mission sent to the United States to ratify the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Amity and Commerce, and describes the visit of some mission members to the ...