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 ...

“Throne of Blood,” Akira Kurosawa’s eloquently stylized 1957 reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as a 16th century Japanese samurai saga, hovers in the flushed, rosy atmosphere of a new exhibition ...

Starting Oct. 24, familiar drawings and paintings in six of the Georgia Museum of Art’s galleries will become overrun with armor and strong visual pieces that represent Japanese culture during the age ...

When Swiss-born developer Gabriel Barbier-Mueller began constructing Uptown’s first office building for Rolex in 1982, he surprised his contractor with a rare request. He wanted a 100-year warranty on ...

Translation of: Spade e armi giapponesi dei trenta pi̮ gloriosi samurai ©Nuinui SA 2023. Includes names and words of Japanese swords also in Japanese. Summary Japanese Swords and Armor covers the ...

: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, UAB. Japanese prints of the 1960s and '70s. Some swords can have up to 40,000 layers of folded steel and take months to make, said Wood. "You start out ...

Samurai artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi, head of the samurai school Kamui, is training a new generation of youth from around the world in the ways of the sword, as well as the warrior's mindset. Tetsuro has ...

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour auction, taking place from 25 October to 2 November, offers an exemplary selection of works associated with the Japanese warrior class. Including property from ...

Juan Gris, Portrait of Pablo Picasso, January - February 1912,oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Leigh B. Block At the Kimbell Art Museum's "The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern ...

June 7 (UPI) --Pets of all shapes and sizes can now live out their dreams of looking like medieval Japanese warriors. Japanese retailer Samurai Age, which specializes in novelty samurai apparel, ...