Samurai

__________ The Japanese armor as we know it now evolved from earlier versions consisting of massive metal plates between the 10th...
  The helmet was the most difficult part of a samurai armor to make and was usually the work of a master armorer, who could...
  Masks were added to the Samurai armors to serve as a protection for the head and the face from cuttings. There are 4 types of...
  A samurai would often have, when wearing his armor, some accouterments which could indicate his role of leader, such as a...
Nihontō, the Japanese Sword The Japanese sword is probably the most perfect cold weapon ever produced by mankind. With few...
Tsuba and kodogu   The tsuba is usually a round guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword. They contribute to the balance...

Works of art

   
Japanese Buddhist Sculptures Images of the Buddha, who lived in India between the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., originated in North...
Lacquer - The Magic of Urushi The manufacturing of Japanese urushi lacquer has always followed every aspect of the Japanese...
   
Japanese folding screens Japanese screens, known as byōbu, is a folding screen that is literally translated to “protection from...
Around the mid Edo period, let's say the 18th century, both men and women used to wear the traditional kimono called kosode ("...

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