The British Museum will tell the 1,000-year story of Japan's samurai in an exhibition set to open in February, 2026.

This suit of armor bears the crest of the powerful Ikeda family. The helmet dates to the 14th century, and the suit—including the bear-fur shoes—dates to the 18th. The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller ...

Walking or running in a full suit of samurai armor is not the easiest thing in the world. Swimming in it is even harder, but that’s exactly what some in Japan are doing. For fun. “It’s heavy, and it’s ...

“Throne of Blood,” Akira Kurosawa’s eloquently stylized 1957 reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as a 16th century Japanese samurai saga, hovers in the flushed, rosy atmosphere of a new exhibition ...