Awed by the West's military prowess, the Japanese went on to modernize their forces and did away with many of the samurai's special rights. Thus, the sword-slashing warrior of yore abandoned his ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill ...

More about the life of Musashi and other samurai can be discovered at Shimada Museum of Arts, which houses exhibits on the history of Kumamoto’s warrior culture. In addition to being a sword ...

The series' first new installment in nearly two decades, Onimusha: Way Of The Sword returns to a dark fantasy feudal Japan where samurai clash with the supernatural in cutting-edge combat.

The character “katana" (Japanese samurai sword), in orange ... her “to play each and every shot for keeps like a samurai warrior in a fight.” He made the second stroke of the character ...