For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

In feudal Japan, the samurai were the armed supporters and protectors of wealthy landowners. They weren’t just warriors — ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

The samurai have captivated imaginations for centuries, standing as enduring symbols of courage, honor, discipline, and ...

The styling is unmistakably Japanese, but the construction — including its button-actuated compression lock — is decidedly ...

With "Anākī: The Law and Economics of Samurai Organization," Leeson examines the birth of the Kamakura Bakufu (literally "tent government") in medieval Japan. The samurai were a class of skilled ...

Fans of the video game franchise Assasin’s Creed have been pining for a game set in feudal Japan ... than the Japanese civil war (1477-1600), where samurai and ninjas (known as shinobi) were ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...