What better scenario, then, than the Japanese civil war (1477-1600), where samurai and ninjas (known as shinobi) were fighting each other? Yet when the premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed ...

“A Samurai in Time” capped its against-all-odds success story Friday at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony, where it received the award for best film. A true Cinderella ...

A 19-year-old West Australian man is facing multiple charges after allegedly severing his father's arm with a samurai sword. He has been granted bail, which was refused during his first court ...

A special exhibition introducing paintings that helped artist Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) regain prominence posthumously is running at the Hibiya Library and Museum in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward.

The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts.

On July 18th, 2024, X [2] user @Grummz posted one of the earliest viral mentions of Yasuke as a "gay Black samurai" while commenting on a news article related to same-sex romance options in AC Shadows ...

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

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Here, we rank the top female samurai and ronin in anime, not by their backstory, but by their sheer combat prowess and mastery of the blade.