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

Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite ... Barbier-Mueller took his family legacy in a new direction, making his fortune in Texas real estate development ...

These values began to develop very informally as early as the ninth century among the samurai ... within Japanese society, but a general emphasis on loyalty to country and family, and a ...

The Japanese Film Festival is currently happening all across Ireland, and this year looks to have more films shown across ...

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 ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle.

Few places in Japan are less populated today ... “The Asakura family implemented an existing system in which samurai warriors became retainers, serving their masters while also handling ...