Half of Japan’s Samurai Were Women, Groundbreaking Exhibition at British Museum Says

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking exhibition at British Museum says

‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class

The Samurai were the Medici of Japan – and the British Museum’s new show charting their rise, fall and ensuing myth is utterly captivating

Bloody, ravishing and beautiful: Samurai at the British Museum gets under the skin of the elite Japanese warrior class chronicling their gripping evolution from the medieval period to the present day

Review: Samurai at the British Museum

Redefining a cultural symbol bigger than history  These days, especially among young people, Japanese culture has the ultimate hegemony. Anything trendy and cool has its origins in Japan from Matcha-flavoured drinks, streetwear to stationery and trips to Japan; right now everything Japanese is the height of cultural capital, writes Aneela Aslam.  Samurai takes the concept of the age-old warrior identity, which has become synonymous with Japan it…