A groundbreaking new exhibition at the British Museum reveals the untold history of Japan ’s Samurai class, including the fact that half of them were women. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...
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Unknown facts about samurai

Bushido is the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese Samurai. It was the foundation of one of history's most documented warrior classes. The way of the Samurai has even seeped into modern ...
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A quiet conquest

A Japanese Samurai's wisdom highlights the power of a mind free from emotional residue. This state, known as Mushin, allows for presence without being swayed by feelings. Similarly, Gita's ...
For many of us, our overriding image of Japan’s samurai comes from a school trip where we stood in front of a suit of armour and were told about fearless warriors, epic battles and an unbreakable code ...
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 ...
We tend to view history as a series of neat, isolated boxes -the Stone Age, the Renaissance, and the Modern Era- each ...
From Dororo to Samurai 7, these samurai shows serve revenge, honor, and deadly duels that grip you from start to finish.
A MAN has been jailed for wielding a sword in the street after threats from the family of his late partner. Shaun Lloyd, of Bryn Mawr Road in Holywell, appeared for sentence at Mold Crown Court on ...
Two of the stars of Japanese history are samurai and ninja, and the Samurai and Ninja Museum in Tokyo gives guests the opportunity to learn about, and even experience, different aspects of the two ...
Star and action choreographer Junichi Okada is promising an even "more energetic and action-packed” batch of episodes, after Season 1 topped Netflix’s global non-English chart and spent four weeks at ...
Netflix has greenlit a second season of “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese period-action series that has become a global streaming hit since its debut. Set during Japan’s Meiji period in the late ...