Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

Brother-in-armsThis 19th-century illustration depicts the legendary samurai Honda Tadakatsu on horseback after ... The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian ...

Japanese samurai armor is a crucial element of Japan’s rich warrior history, symbolizing the discipline, skill, and honor of the Samurai class. Unlike armor in many other cultures, Samurai armor ...

While the PlayStation version offers a better experience, it’s unfortunately region-locked and only available in Japan, limiting its accessibility to a broader audience. Samurai Warriors ...

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

At Japan’s Soma Nomaoi Festival, armor-clad participants, some of whom have samurai ancestry, parade and race on horseback ... is outfitted as a cavalry warrior, known as a kiba.

Hundreds of warriors lie dead near the Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. The year is 1582, and flames envelop the area surrounding the fallen. Inside the temple, a Black samurai named Yasuke has a ...

Yabusame, also known as kyubajutsu, was a pastime developed by samurai warriors ... and later on horseback. At one of the few producers of traditional samurai armor in Japan, you can view a ...

So, keep reading for a quick primer on these women warriors, their duties and their experiences on the battlefield. Did Women Samurai Exist? The short answer is yes. Throughout several periods of ...