Japanese literature about samurai has a long and rich history, and includes written works such as medieval war chronicles, waka poetry, and more. The...

Samurai (侍) or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. Originally provincial warriors who served the kuge and imperial court in...

honour in times of war; many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men. Onna-musha also have an important presence in Japanese literature, with Tomoe...

present in the social and economic organization of Japan. The samurai spirit and the virtues can still be found in Japanese society. Notable Japanese consider...

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dissolute person') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. A samurai becomes a rōnin upon...

A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...

cutting', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of...

Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, pronounced [jasɯ̥ke]) was a man of African origin who served as a samurai to feudal lord Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582...