The British Museum’s enthralling samurai exhibition blew my mind

What does “samurai” conjure up for you? A virtuous Japanese warrior in immaculate armour, who’s scarily handy with a sword?
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London gets a sweeping new exhibition on the real history of the samurai

For most of us, the samurai exists somewhere between history and fantasy: honour-bound warriors, razor-sharp swords and an ...
WHIO

35-year-old man stabbed, killed with ‘Samurai sword’ after asking man for cigarette

GREENVILLE, Darke County — Neighbors say a man was stabbed and killed with a “Samurai sword” after asking another man for a cigarette at a Darke County apartment complex over the weekend. As reported ...
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Celebrating ‘Seven Samurai’ classic at 70: Kurosawa’s 1954 epic still moves like nothing else

NEW YORK — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To ...