Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

And the Bakufu did not include all samurai. So while the Bakufu had many attributes of a sovereign, it did not exercise that sovereignty over nonmembers. As Leeson puts it: "Kamakura-era Japan was ...

Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the ...

TOKYO – Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in a new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring to life the work of iconic Japanese artist Hokusai. Hokusai ...

TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring to life the work of iconic artist Hokusai.

Over 800 years ago, Kamakura flourished as Japan’s shogunal capital, with the samurai class and others ... shrine building dates from the Edo period (1603–1868)—but the rituals and costumes ...

With the death of the director Richard Foreman, at eighty-seven, on January 4th, an era came to an end. You might define that era as a time of American aesthetic swagger, when artists such as ...

The subversion of samurai tropes is a hilarious, poignant romp that proves survival is just as honourable as swordsmanship. CloverWorks’ lush animation brings the beauty of the Kamakura period ...

The gift also taps into history, as katanas were often gifted between daimyo and samurai ... the Edo period (1603-1868), the history of the single-edged sword goes as far back as the Kamakura ...