Who would win in a battle between a medieval knight and a Japanese samurai? An article on History Defined tackles this question, pitting these warrior classes against each other. In a battle in full ...

This suit of armor bears the crest of the powerful Ikeda family. The helmet dates to the 14th century, and the suit—including the bear-fur shoes—dates to the 18th. The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller ...

Sati was abolished by the West, seppuku by the East. Today, seppuku survives as a cultural relic, only hinting at the values it was meant to signify: loyalty, honor, self-sacrifice. Those are Western ...

Confucianism, which was the official philosophy of the Edo Shogunate. One of the areas where Neo-Confucianism deeply permeated was the ethical code of the samurai, known as 'Bushido.' This time, I wil ...

In literature and cinema, the life of the legendary Japanese warrior Miyamoto Musashi has been depicted with historical realism and at other times layered with myth. Eiji Yoshikawa’s sweeping novel, ...

Singapore’s Silver Media Group is teaming with U.S. companies Ford Studios and Ark Entertainment on “Samurai Saint,” an animated feature chronicling the true story of Takayama Ukon, a 16th-century ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior ...

The Netflix series follows Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada), a warrior struggling to care for his sick wife and daughter in post-samurai era Japan. He becomes one of nearly 300 fighters to compete in a ...

The acclaimed 1954 Japanese epic from Akira Kurosawa has been named the most groundbreaking movie of all time.