Samurai warriors derived their status and salaries from the daimyo lords they served. When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in ...

including 10 participants selected from 15,270 poems from Japan and abroad. This year, all the pieces were written under the theme of “wa,” or harmony. In her poem, Masako reflected on her dau ...

Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced to stories ... was the next samurai to change the course of Japanese (and warrior) history. Through a series of successful ...