The display of exquisite samurai armor in Oklahoma highlights the importance of aesthetics to Japan's famed fighters ...

Bushido, the code by which samurai once guided their lives, became formalized, much like knightly chivalry in Europe when the medieval warrior class became obsolete. A samurai could legally still ...

These values began to develop very informally as early as the ninth century among the samurai warrior class, as various ideas circulated about the characteristics of an ideal warrior. Having ...

Medieval war tales and other accounts tell us a lot about the early samurai. Leading warriors were usually mounted archers. Although they carried swords, they valued the bow and arrow over other ...

but it is said to be a "high-stakes action film set aginst the backdrop of medieval Japan". Bushido translates to "way of the ...

Students use art and literature to deepen their understanding of warrior life, looking at the importance of cultural and religious traditions to the daily life of daimyō and samurai and expanding ...