Three decades after coming across a samurai sword at a flea market in his home city of Berlin, German entrepreneur Peter Janssen has amassed a formidable and highly focused collection of art dedicated ...

The relic may have been a gift from a 19th-century Japanese mission to Prussia. Detailed view of the grip clamp with the motif of Daikoku, a Japanese god. Photo: Berlin State Office for Monument ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword Leave button mashing behind. Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is about precision swordplay, battlefield finesse, and ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

An outstanding and rare pair of Japanese 19th ivory and bone ceremonial samurai swords having finely hand carved detail of samurai and villagers lifestyle. Fitted with dragon handles and signed to ...

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill the hearts of any foe with terror, Japan's famous samurai warriors also had ...

NARA, Japan — They were once weapons of war. The most famous blades from Japan's rich history. Legendary swords that date back a thousand years or more. Travel across the country and you will see them ...

Samurai artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi, head of the samurai school Kamui, is training a new generation of youth from around the world in the ways of the sword, as well as the warrior's mindset. Tetsuro has ...

Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword lets players travel to ancient Japan and guide a young warrior as he battles waves of enemy soldiers to save a princess.