Over time, the daimyo became fewer in number, with field armies numbering tens of thousands of samurai warriors. But it wasn’t until three indomitable daimyo, with the support of their samurai ...

“Aizu’s women-warriors… received in-depth combat ... Minamoto's victories over the Taira clan. (The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan.) However, sources do agree broadly over key ...

Japan's known for its futuristic cities (even those that aren't Kyoto and Tokyo), but its history, particularly when it comes ...

The city was known from medieval letters and court documents ... “The Asakura family implemented an existing system in which samurai warriors became retainers, serving their masters while ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is thought the samurai developed as a social class ... at the University of Cambridge in the UK focuses on warrior leaders in medieval Japan.

In the early 13th century, the warrior aristocracy of Christian ... Kamakura Bakufu (literally "tent government") in medieval Japan. The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors ...

Set in a fantasy-medieval environment ... samurai style games to play before Assassin's Creed Shadows' launch. Samurai Warriors 5 presents itself as a hack-and-slash genre entry and as a reboot ...

outlaw and warrior). “Once more we survive,” the oldest, wisest samurai wearily tells his remaining comrades in the movie’s final moments. The samurai are trained killers; the farmers are ...