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. Samurai is the first exhibition to explore ...

Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians who expressed their faith with codes hidden in their sword hilts, researchers have found. The deadly warriors were banned from ...

From elaborate displays of armour to exquisite costumes and art, this spectacular exhibition enabled me to see the full ...

Tokyo is not short of museums that will guide you through Japan’s fascinating history - but how many of them let you actually live it? Enter Samurai Ninja Museum Tokyo With Experience which, as the ...

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Samurai is one of those words that vibrates with mystique and excitement. And suggestions of oceans of blood. But it’s a long peacetime period that is at the heart of this exhibition. From the 1330s ...

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part ...

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An exquisitely detailed Japanese scroll depicting Samurai warriors in battle and measuring 15 metres in length is among thousands of museum exhibits being catalogued as part of an exhaustive inventory ...