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 ...

This Tengu armor from 1854 is made of iron, lacquer, fiber, bear fur, leather and feathers. An exhibition of some of the world’s finest samurai armor and weapons is at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort ...

DALLAS - Gabriel Barbier-Mueller bought his first samurai armor about 20 years ago from an antiques dealer in Paris, sparking a fascination that helped him create one of the most significant private ...

Three sets of Japanese Samurai armour, originally gifted to Malta in 1862 as part of a diplomatic mission, have been restored and reassembled by expert conservators in Japan. Heritage Malta said the ...

Today, Object of the Week visits the Far East for an item worn by warriors of an elite military class. OF all the icons of the Far East to have passed into Western popular culture, the samurai is ...

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 was ...

“Throne of Blood,” Akira Kurosawa’s eloquently stylized 1957 reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as a 16th century Japanese samurai saga, hovers in the flushed, rosy atmosphere of a new exhibition ...

CINCINNATI -- "Dressed to Kill," the latest exhibit at Cincinnati Art Museum, offers an up-close look at samurai armor, weapons and culture -- and a good dose of Cincinnati history and trivia. The ...

A collection of rarely-seen Japanese artefacts and artworks is to go on display. The exhibition focusing on samurai-era Japan at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley will feature pictures from masters ...

Viewers of the new Trustees’ Exhibit at Thayer Memorial Library may find themselves wondering “How did the library end up with this?” On display from the library’s Historical Museum is a complete set ...

From the moment visitors enter the new samurai exhibition in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Resnick Pavilion, they’re overwhelmed by fanciful armor-clad warlords on horseback. “It’s like the ...

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