Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the next samurai to change the course of Japanese (and warrior) history. Through a series ... samurai's special rights. Thus, the sword-slashing warrior of yore abandoned ...

HITOYOSHI, Kumamoto Prefecture--A samurai sword forged in 1665 by a master ... that badly damaged a local shrine's collection of 77 historic blades. Torrential rains last July on the main southern ...

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 ...

When comparing iconic swords from different regions around the globe, few rival the intrigue and historical significance of ...

just like historical samurai. However, thanks to the large number of Western-influenced fantasy anime, many other iconic anime swords are based on European-style swords, or are purely works of the ...

More about the life of Musashi and other samurai can be discovered at Shimada Museum of Arts, which houses exhibits on the history of Kumamoto’s warrior culture. In addition to being a sword ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests Gregory Irvine, Nicola Liscutin and Angus Lockyer discuss the history of the Samurai ... climbing into their cockpits with Samurai swords, encapsulating the way the myth ...

Afterwards Burrow was asked about the viral Christmas present he got all his linemen— individualized samurai swords. Burrow then offered a hilarious explanation for why he chose swords ...

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow gifted his offensive lineman with samurai swords for Christmas as they have helped protect him better than most seasons since he’s been the starter.