Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch ...
What does “samurai” conjure up for you? A virtuous Japanese warrior in immaculate armour, who’s scarily handy with a sword?
Netflix has leaned heavily into the world of animation in recent years for good reason, as the streaming service has created amazing animated originals to help fill its library. To date, series like ...
When Ubisoft invited me to a preview of the upcoming exhibition at the British Museum, entitled Samurai, I was a little ...
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 ...
For most of us, the samurai exists somewhere between history and fantasy: honour-bound warriors, razor-sharp swords and an ...
It was intended only for samurai of high rank who rode on horseback. The armour had a large plate on its left side that ...
The secret side of Japan’s warrior class, Holzer lights up Scunthorpe, Julia Phillips steels herself and Quentin Blake takes off in Dorset – all in your weekly dispatch ...
From Dororo to Samurai 7, these samurai shows serve revenge, honor, and deadly duels that grip you from start to finish.