US EditionThe British Museum’s new samurai exhibition has sparked a global debate
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The new Samurai exhibition of the British Museum reviews more than a thousand years of Japanese history and disassembles myths about the samurai class
Half of Japan’s samurai were women, according to new British Museum exhibition
The British Museum has announced a major new exhibition that aims to dismantle long-standing myths surrounding Japan’s elite warrior class. Titled Samurai, the showcase reveals that the historical reality of the order was far more diverse and culturally complex than the “honour-bound male warrior” trope often exported by Hollywood, highlighting that half of the samurai class were women. Hayakawa Shozan’s The Killing at Namamugi from 1877 (The Tr…
The new exhibition "Samurai" at the British Museum unfolds the almost thousand-year journey of Japanese warriors, deconstructing Western stereotypes and illuminating a complex caste that was simultaneously military, political and...More...
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