The new Tom Cruise movie "The Last Samurai" has renewed interest in the warriors of feudal Japan as mythologized in such films as "The Seven Samurai." But students of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, ...
In a samurai family, swords were so valued that they were passed down from generation to generation, from father to son. If the hilt (sword handle) or scabbard (cover) wore out or broke, new ones ...
TULSA, Okla. — The Philbrook Museum's Swords, Samurai and Shogun event taught visitors about Japanese culture in conjunction with the museum's SAMURAI exhibit. "Here at Philbrook we have been so lucky ...
At Fusahiro Shimojima’s workshop, in the industrial city of Saitama, fires rage in small pits and an earthen floor absorbs the din of hammering. The Japanese swordsmith pounds the nascent blade of his ...
The Irish Government has banned samurai swords in Ireland, and anyone caught importing or selling the weapons could face a jail sentence of seven years. Crimes involving Samurai swords have risen in ...
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