This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced to stories of the Gempei War. As infighting increased through the following century, so did the need to defend Japan from foreign ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during ... type of people lived in each building. A painting depicts Yoshiaki Ashikaga, heir to Japan’s shogunate, a friend and later rival ...

which makes its next stop in a worldwide tour at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this month. The samurai officially hung up their helmets after Japan’s last shogun, or military ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative ... the Assistant Curator of Native Art at the Philbrook. "We are really excited to have it here." ...

Samurai armor continues to be crafted in Japan using centuries-old techniques passed down through generations. The creation process involves thousands of precise steps, from intricate metalwork and ...