In Japanese, they’re called “kawari kabuto” (変わり兜), which is often translated as “unusual helmets.” They’re some of the most interesting head armor you’ll ever see. Today, I got out my sons’ miniature ...

The Kimbell display features more than 140 works including 20 suits of armor, three armors for horses and helmets and weapons from various eras of the samurai. Samurai armors are made of a variety of ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior ...

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 ...

From the moment visitors enter the new samurai exhibition in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Resnick Pavilion, they’re overwhelmed by fanciful armor-clad warlords on horseback. “It’s like the ...

This Tengu armor from 1854 is made of iron, lacquer, fiber, bear fur, leather and feathers. An exhibition of some of the world’s finest samurai armor and weapons is at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort ...

DALLAS - Gabriel Barbier-Mueller bought his first samurai armor about 20 years ago from an antiques dealer in Paris, sparking a fascination that helped him create one of the most significant private ...