Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says - ‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand ...

Hisyo Ishida is looking at me with undisguised disappointment. I cannot blame him. His movements are sharp where mine are clumsy. His hair is pulled into a neat topknot where mine is flapping in my ...

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch ...

Teachers are encouraged to read “Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with ...

When feudal Japan's most powerful warlord Nobunaga Oda met Yasuke, a Black slave-turned-retainer, in 1581, he believed the man was a god. Oda had never seen an African before. And like the locals in ...