Last fall, Japanese fashion label Gyoku caught our eye with its collection of samurai armor-style satchels and pouches. Apparently we weren’t the only ones intrigued by the crossover of bushido and ...

“Throne of Blood,” Akira Kurosawa’s eloquently stylized 1957 reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as a 16th century Japanese samurai saga, hovers in the flushed, rosy atmosphere of a new exhibition ...

This Tengu armor from 1854 is made of iron, lacquer, fiber, bear fur, leather and feathers. An exhibition of some of the world’s finest samurai armor and weapons is at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort ...

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. The warrior ...

A Japanese company is helping style man's best friend in some unconventional clothing. The company, known as Samurai Age, creates samurai body armor for pets. As well as crafting miniature armor for ...

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- A fashion designer in this Fukushima Prefecture city, home of the Soma Nomaoi festival featuring horsemen clad in samurai armor, has developed a face mask resembling ...