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 ...
HBO's Song of the Samurai tells a fictionalized version of the story surrounding the legendary Shinsengumi, a secret ...
In the breathless opening one-er of Last Samurai Standing, samurai protagonist Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada, also a producer and action choreographer) cuts through dozens of men as he charges across a ...
Episode 1 of HBO's Song of the Samurai begins Hijikata Toshizo's journey to becoming a member of the legendary Shinsengumi, ...
We think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations ...
The shogunate forces were led by the Aizu domain (a regional government in northern Japan), and during the siege of the ...
A remarkable exhibition at London’s British Museum traces the 1,000-year history, evolution and influence of Japan’s famed warrior class.