The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture features a samurai collection among its many other art exhibits to enjoy this spring ...

samurai swords and other weapons, all made between the 14th and 19th centuries. The collection is largely from the Edo period ( 1615–1868) on loan from The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum ...

The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan ... “that the craftsman who polishes the sword must also polish the swordsman ...

More about the life of Musashi and other samurai can be discovered at Shimada Museum of Arts, which houses exhibits on the history of Kumamoto’s warrior culture. In addition to being a sword ...

It is very possible that it was once worn by a samurai, the famous sword wielding warriors of Japan ... are not those of the BBC or the British Museum. The BBC is not responsible for the content ...

During World War Two, kamikaze pilots were photographed climbing into their cockpits with Samurai swords, encapsulating ... Japan at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Angus Lockyer is Lecturer ...

and is on show at the Bizen Osafune Sword Museum. It is regarded as the finest example of Bizen-style blades forged by the Fukuoka Ichimonji school of swordsmiths that was based in areas ...

making his fortune in Texas real estate development and training his connoisseur’s eye on samurai accoutrements. Today, the collection is permanently on view at a museum in Dallas, and for more ...