This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

You will be using art as a primary source to learn about samurai and daimyō life in medieval Japan (1185-1603). The Kamakura period was the beginning of warrior class rule. The imperial court still ...

While Frank Miller is best known for his groundbreaking work in modernizing the traditional comic book superhero, he has also ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval ... the nation’s art and culture, which had been home to the emperor of Japan and the ...

The “Assassin’s Creed” franchise, one of the best-selling in video game history, with over 230 million copies sold worldwide, is finally delving into feudal Japan with “Shadows,” its ...

and used many themes that we now recognize as being essentially an immutable and irremovable part of Samurai fiction. And the style is in danger of becoming a little overplayed by feudal Japanese ...

Assassin’s Creed finally arrives in feudal Japan, an era fans have clamoured ... the stealthy shinobi Naoe and the formidable samurai Yasuke. Their journey through a land plagued by corrupt ...

With "Anākī: The Law and Economics of Samurai Organization," Leeson examines the birth of the Kamakura Bakufu (literally "tent government") in medieval Japan. The samurai were a class of skilled ...