Japanese, Kamakura Period, second half of the thirteenth century The easiest way to provide access to the sources used in the lesson is to have students work with the M2 Online Handout directly on ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call ... Though fit for a samurai warrior, this sword will likely sell to art collectors for hundreds ...

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." ...

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 ...