SUWA, Nagano -- A team of "matchlock samurai" clad in full battle gear recently demonstrated ancient artillery at the Takashima Castle Festival in this central Japan city. Amid the sound of conch ...
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Weapons of the samurai: Legends and reality
Few historical warrior classes evoke the same sort of fascination as the samurai in popular culture. Samurai came to prominence in feudal Japan, notably in the Sengoku period, where figures like ...
A new Australian exhibition brings to life the centuries-old traditions of Japan's samurai warriors. Bushido: Way of the Samurai displays more than 200 objects from the National Gallery of Victoria ...
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