Born in 1534, Hosokawa Fujitaka was no ordinary samurai. A scholar, poet, and warrior, he fought through Japan’s most violent ...

Netflix's Last Samurai Standing arrives November 13. Is this deadly battle royale based on real history or pure fiction?

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

Miyamoto Musashi’s duels made him a legend. His writings made him immortal. Here’s what history can (and can't) confirm about the man behind the myth. In this 1840s print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ...