Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with ...

Samurai warriors derived their status and salaries from the daimyo lords they served. When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities ... in an homage to these elite warriors. Under the Asakura ...

The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors ... nobles had no real military power of their own and were not able to enforce order effectively in much of Japan.

Kyushu is a region where the traditional skills of kenjutsu – Japanese swordsmanship ... was a pastime developed by samurai warriors in the Sengoku (Warring States) period of the 15th ...

Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...

introducing players to the setting in feudal Japan and the two main characters: the female ninja Naoe and male samurai Yasuke ...

TOKYO, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- REMOW, a global entertainment company dedicated to bringing Japanese content to worldwide audiences, today announced the launch of “24/7 SAMURAI-SHINOBI ...

The samurai ... elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior class rose to power ...