“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An enormous photo mural provides the backdrop for three equestrian Samurai warriors at the Portland Art Museum. The exhibit runs through Jan. 12. (David Stabler/The Oregonian) How big is that photo?

CINCINNATI -- "Dressed to Kill," the latest exhibit at Cincinnati Art Museum, offers an up-close look at samurai armor, weapons and culture -- and a good dose of Cincinnati history and trivia. The ...

Starting Oct. 24, familiar drawings and paintings in six of the Georgia Museum of Art’s galleries will become overrun with armor and strong visual pieces that represent Japanese culture during the age ...

ou enter the main chamber in the Ann and Graham Gund Gallery at Boston's Museum of Fine Art, and you feel as if you should get ready for war. To your right, a trio of fierce-looking, heavily armored ...

We don’t pay enough attention to armor. This is probably because it’s the part of the museum you visit to placate your bored nephew, because look at all those cool swords! But if fashion has revealed ...

On the battlefields of feudal Japan, the elite warriors known as samurai cut formidable figures thanks not only to their skill and training, but also to their exquisitely crafted armor. “There’s a ...

Barbier-Mueller’s purchase of his first piece of samurai armor 20 years ago sparked a fascination that led to his collection and an exhibit traveling to major institutions around the world.

In the popular imagination, Japanese samurai are sometimes portrayed as masterless wanderers. But even for them, 29,127 miles seems like a lot. That’s the distance that “Samurai: Armor from the Ann ...

The world's most comprehensive collection of armor, weaponry and art covering 700 years of Japan's fabled Samurai culture goes on exhibit this week at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art of ...