Silk screens, women's firefighting robes and a Darth Vader costume are among the more than 280 unexpected items that are on ...

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

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

Items from Japan’s warrior culture will feature in The Brush and the Sword: Lacquer and Samurai Art auction. The post Rare samurai armor being auctioned off appeared first on Talker.

For most of us, the samurai exists somewhere between history and fantasy: honour-bound warriors, razor-sharp swords and an ...

For many of us, our overriding image of Japan’s samurai comes from a school trip where we stood in front of a suit of armour and were told about fearless warriors, epic battles and an unbreakable code ...