Ieyasu's family line ruled Japan through the mid-19th century. By the first few decades of the 17th century, Japan had finally achieved an era of relative peace. The samurai had no armies to fight ...

From Drifters and Brave 10 to Samurai Champloo and Gintama, there's no shortage of exciting samurai anime to be enjoyed.

Motoichiro Ohgimi was born in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1845 as the third son of an upper-class samurai family (a Hatamoto) loyal to Japan’s Tokugawa government. As is the case with many young samurai, ...

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 Philbrook Museum’s Samurai exhibit showcases 80 pieces of armor, offering a glimpse into the art and history of Japan’s warrior class.