and the suit—including the bear-fur shoes—dates to the 18th. The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite ...

It was working, so maybe this was intended? I honestly still don’t know. The Spirit of the Samurai’s strongest suit is, above all, striking visuals. It’s a linear platform hack n’ slasher ...

The whole suit fastens on the right hand side. It is very possible that it was once worn by a samurai, the famous sword wielding warriors of Japan. Comments are closed for this object What's this?

Samurai who were members of the Bakufu were called gokenin, or honorable housemen. Only they could bring suit in Bakufu courts, so only they enjoyed its full protection and benefits. In return ...