On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian period (794-1185), when the rise of their status enabled them to mingle with the refined nobility living in the then ...

Kikuchiyo is a shifter, a liaison between peasant farmers (that’s his origin) and higher status fighters. After the burial of the first samurai killed by the bandits, Kikuchiyo plants on the ...

A Samurai in Time 侍タイムスリッパー is a bona fide phenomenon in its native Japan. Junichi Yasuda, whose real job is that of a rice farmer who runs a ramen restaurant, took on the vast ...

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Blue Eye Samurai was one of the biggest surprises on Netflix in 2023, giving animation fans a heartfelt, bloody affair as a young warrior looked to exact revenge on those who had taken so much ...

The difference to their lives, however, was stark. Whereas samurai were in one of the top classes of the strict social hierarchy of feudal Japan, above farmers, artisans and merchants, rōnin lost ...

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

Japanese history researcher Yasutsune Owada joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about samurai. What caused the ultimate downfall of the samurai? What was samurai warfare like?

Even fewer have genuinely managed to break through the noise and leave a lasting mark, but The Elusive Samurai is one of those rare overlooked gems that demands every ounce of our attention.

The Elusive Samurai wrapped up its debut TV anime season last week with its final episode, but unfortunately did not reveal anything about its fate for the future. The final episode of the season ...