Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with ...

For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

Samurai may have mostly faded from Japan at the turn of the 20th century, but the mark they left on Japanese society is ...

Kyushu is a region where the traditional skills of kenjutsu – Japanese swordsmanship ... was a pastime developed by samurai warriors in the Sengoku (Warring States) period of the 15th ...

Hanzo Hattori in "Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada" (VG) (Japanese) Hanzo Hattori in "Warriors Orochi 2" (VG) (Japanese) Hanzo Hattori in "Warriors Orochi 3" (VG) (Japanese) Hanzo Hattori in ...

Chosokabe Motochika in "Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends" (VG) (Japanese) Chosokabe Motochika in "Samurai Warriors 3" (VG) (Japanese) Chosokabe Motochika in "Samurai Warriors 4" (VG ...

The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors, experts in deadly force ... These nobles had no real military power of their own and were not able to enforce order effectively in ...