The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite ... poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior class rose to power in the 12th century, and their influence grew ...

Another notable change is the new art style. Samurai Warriors 5 is by far the boldest game in the series, rocking a cel-shaded, almost brush-stroked style that vibes perfectly with the setting.

Samurai Warriors 5 is essentially a reboot, and one that dons a slightly altered cell-shaded art style. Fans who have enjoyed the series since its debut will already have a good idea of the game ...

The North Carolina Museum of Art’s Samurai: Making of a Warrior exhibit blends art, culture and religion. With artifacts sourced largely from the Triangle, the exhibit explores the samurai world.

To equip these warriors in accordance with their ... in a worldwide tour at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this month. The samurai officially hung up their helmets after Japan ...

The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors, experts in deadly force ... Leeson sets this out in detail, drawing on the Sata Mirensho, a handbook drawn up in the latter part ...

Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced to stories ... Thus, the sword-slashing warrior of yore abandoned his neatly kept ponytail for a shaven head and a modern ...

This 1605 drawing of a Black sumo wrestler ... a warrior in the service of a lord or another warrior. By 1581, Nobunaga employed thousands of samurai—yet Yasuke was the first foreign-born ...