A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on ...

These values began to develop very informally as early as the ninth century among the samurai warrior class, as various ideas circulated about the characteristics of an ideal warrior. Having ...

Taking a leaf out of the training programmes of athletes through the ages, the Samurai warriors had a fitness regime that was holistic as well as primed for gaining full-body muscle. The Samurai ...

outlaw and warrior). “Once more we survive,” the oldest, wisest samurai wearily tells his remaining comrades in the movie’s final moments. The samurai are trained killers; the farmers are ...

“Bushido” is Japanese for “the way of the warrior,” a moral code and guiding principle in samurai culture. It is also the title of Kazuya Shiraishi’s new film in which history ...

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 ...