For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan and Mongol Invasions continues with a video on Takezaki Suenaga, a samurai who survived two Mongol invasions sent by ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan. In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became ...

In addition to its famed castle, the city hosted Japan’s greatest ever swordsman as he wrote his famous treatise on martial arts strategy. The history of samurai in the area now known as ...

Looking for the soul of modern Japan on an ancient road once traveled by poets and samurai Tony Perrottet; Photographs by Hiroshi Okamoto Spanning 92 feet across the Daiya River, the nearly 400 ...

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword-wielding samurai and stealthy ninja assassins ... Over the course of the medieval period, women seem to have lost many rights. In ancient times, women ...

The samurai were a class of skilled professional ... Warrior rule' belongs to later eras in Japanese history." An analogy in European history would be if a military order such as the Templars ...

The story of the legendary Samurai, from provincial bodyguards to revered warriors. This is the story of the legendary ...

For more than 800 years, the samurai helped to lay the foundations of Japan's culture. Their reverence for honor, duty, and service remains ingrained in Japanese society even today. Together with ...

and knowledge of Japanese history. Five online modules each provide a case study in the role of art in capturing and conveying human experience. The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s ...