Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a Canadian-American documentary television series, distributed by Netflix and released on February 24, 2021. It takes...

Samurai (侍) or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial...

expert for the Netflix documentary series Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan in 2021. He is semi-retired, but still holds the post of Visiting Professor of Japanese...

Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay...

November 13, 1976) is a Japanese film and stage actor. He is best known for the role as Tanaka in the Westworld series. At an early age, Haneda decided to...

honour in times of war; many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men. Onna-musha also have an important presence in Japanese literature, with...

the Japanese film genre called samurai cinema in English and is roughly equivalent to Western and swashbuckler films. Chanbara is a sub-category of jidaigeki...

Samurai Warriors (戦国無双, Sengoku Musō, in Japan) is the first title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based...

Samurai 7 (stylized as SAMURAI 7) is a 2004 anime television series produced by Gonzo and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai. The seven...

producer on television shows such as Odd Squad and Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan. He directed a number of short films before releasing his debut feature...

unique Japanese samurai armour ō-yoroi and dō-maru appeared. The Japanese cuirass evolved into the more familiar style of body armour worn by the samurai known...

1877) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who fought for the Satsuma Domain at the Battle of Shiroyama. He was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain...

Samurai Champloo (Japanese: サムライチャンプルー, Hepburn: Samurai Chanpurū) is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television...

Bushidō (武士道, "the way of the warrior") is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle, formalized in the Edo period (1603–1868)...

(2020), Esu/Kamen Rider Eden Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan (2021), Date Masamune Tokyo Vice (2022), Miyamoto Umeko: The Face of Female Education (2022)...

originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol among Japanese society. In a traditional...

daimyō, and their retainers of the samurai class administered Japan through their system of domains. The majority of Edo society were commoners divided...

cowardice was the worst disgrace for a samurai. Otomo's disgrace was also a blow for the efforts of Jesuit missionaries in Japan as Otomo had converted to Catholicism...

Silver Samurai is the name of two different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, both acquaintances of Wolverine...

number of other ways. For more on the role of the samurai class and its development over time, see samurai. The only invasion attempts upon Japan in the...

was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Although...

'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and was...

Taira no Atsumori (平 敦盛) (1169–1184) was a samurai of the late Heian period of Japan. He was a member of the Taira clan (Heike) who fought in the Genpei...

Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January under the Happy Monday System. It is...

The Battle of Yamazaki (山崎の戦い, Yamazaki no tatakai) was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes...

Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, known in Japan as Sengoku Musou ~Sanada Maru~ (戦国無双 ～真田丸～), is a hack and slash game by Koei Tecmo through their development...

samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. A samurai became a rōnin upon the death of his...

among the samurai class. The Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion (Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba) Ancient drawing depicting a samurai battling forces of the Mongol...

History of Japan: From the Age of the Samurai to the 21st Century. Praeger. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-59228-720-8. Kazuhiko Inada (2020), Encyclopedia of the Japanese...

Japanese literature about samurai has a long and rich history, and includes written works such as medieval war chronicles, waka poetry, and more. The...