End of the Samurai: Stunning portraits of Japan’s warrior class captures men at the height of their power before 19th century demise The portraits are thought to have been taken in the late 1860s ...

The post caption says Yasuke became a samurai — an elite class of warriors existing between the 10th and 19th centuries, according to PBS — within a year of arriving to Japan. Kollege Kidd is ...

In my book " Samurai: The Last Warrior," I looked at the inspiration behind the look of both the Jedi Knights and their opponent, Darth Vader. So much of it derived from samurai traditions: ...

Seven Samurai Through July 18 at Film Forum in Manhattan; filmforum.org . A version of this article appears in print on , Section C , Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Swords ...

Within a year, Yasuke had joined the upper echelons of Japan's warrior class, the samurai. Before long, he was speaking Japanese fluently and riding alongside Nobunaga in battle.