One of the largest collections of Japanese samurai armor in the world will be on view at VMFA beginning Saturday. Why it matters: "Samurai Armor" offers Richmonders a rare opportunity to see this ...

The Philbrook Museum’s Samurai exhibit showcases 80 pieces of armor, offering a glimpse into the art and history of Japan’s warrior class.

Iconic Japanese armor, worn for defense. 16th-century helmets featured outlandish shapes like a giant crescent moon or the ears of a rabbit. Behind its creation, we uncover the spirit of the samurai.

At one of the few producers of traditional samurai armor in Japan, you can view a wide range of different styles based on actual records. Admission is free.

Samurai “clearly understood the functional requirements of armor,” Gabriel Barbier-Mueller, who with his wife, Ann, is the most important collector of samurai regalia outside Japan, said in a ...

0.9324/1 Suits of armour have been made in Japan for thousands of years but most of those in museum collections are from the Edo period (1603 - 1868). This suit of armour dates to the Edo period.

The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau, meaning "to serve," and was first used in A.D. 702 to describe mid-to-low-ranking court administrators and, later, armed imperial guards.

KYOTO--Suits of samurai armor given to Malta as diplomatic gifts in the 19th century returned to Japan for repair work ahead of their exhibition at the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo. “I’m looking ...

KAMEOKA, Kyoto Prefecture—Five foreign visitors can don the armor of a samurai, mount a horse and ride alongside a feudal lord during the 52nd Kameoka Mitsuhide Festival here on May 3.

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.