Samurai “clearly understood the functional requirements of armor,” Gabriel Barbier-Mueller, who with his wife, Ann, is the most important collector of samurai regalia outside Japan ...

The restored samurai armor suits will be on display at the expo along with armor suits of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The artifacts were gifted in 1862 by a Japanese delegation to Europe during ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced ... has one of the most expansive collections of Samurai armor outside of Japan. It has only traveled 17 times ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during ... Among the artifacts they frequently find are parts of swords and pieces of armor, personal items such as combs, hairpins, mirrors ...