To be a samurai meant position and prestige, but it could all be taken away in an instant, plunging the once-proud warrior ...

In the early 13th century, the warrior aristocracy of Christian Europe bound its ruling monarchs to a structured legal system ...

The term eventually gained strong aristocratic overtones and brought great prestige to the samurai's lineage—so much so that warriors would recite their ancestry on the battlefield. By the 11th ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Samurai Warrior Choose your samurai ninja martial arts fighter and battle it out in a dojo or outside. Spoilers for Ubisoft's open-world game might ...

outlaw and warrior). "Once more we survive," the oldest, wisest samurai wearily tells his remaining comrades in the movie's final moments. The samurai are trained killers; the farmers are built to ...

To claim the unique gear available from forts and castles in Assassin's Creed Shadows, Yasuke and Naoe must first defeat the ...

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There’s something magical about the samurai fantasy—the discipline, the honor, the razor-sharp duels under falling cherry blossoms. We’ve seen it in Kurosawa films, in anime, and in epic tales of lone ...

In the 10th century samurai guarding the emperor and aristocrats began to wear colorful armor, reflecting the capital's elegance. High-ranking samurai practiced mounted warfare, shooting arrows ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite ... poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior class rose to power in the 12th century, and their influence grew ...