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Samurai collection spawns museum, touring exhibit

In this photo made Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, a Samurai suit of armor is displayed at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The museum is hosting the exhibit “Samurai: Armor from the Ann and ...
News on 6

Samurai Exhibit: Philbrook Museum showcases 9 centuries of Japanese warrior armor

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 ...
Artnet

What I Buy and Why: Peter Janssen on How a Flea-Market Find Inspired Him to Build a Leading Private Collection of Samurai Objects

Three decades after coming across a samurai sword at a flea market in his home city of Berlin, German entrepreneur Peter Janssen has amassed a formidable and highly focused collection of art dedicated ...
Boston Magazine

‘Samurai!’ Exhibit Shows You the 47 Ronin Like Never Before

Admit it, that new Star Wars trailer got you all fired up. And it’s not just the welcome absence of a leaden Hayden Christensen. It’s the thrill of battle, the romance of the Jedi. Of course, George ...
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The British Museum’s enthralling samurai exhibition blew my mind

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tetsuya Noguchi’s sculpture depicting a samurai riding a rubber duck has been commissioned for the British Museum’s exhibition - ...
Dallas Observer

The Bulletproof, Mustached Samurai at the Kimbell Art Museum

Let me first admit, my experience with samurai is limited. When I learned Dallas had a samurai museum, the first thing three things that came to mind were Tom Cruise, Mulan (wrong country), and 47 ...
AOL

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

A groundbreaking new exhibition at the British Museum reveals the untold history of Japan’s Samurai class, including the fact that half of them were women. Samurai is the first exhibition to explore ...
Prestige Online

Samurai, Reframed at the British Museum

A remarkable exhibition at London’s British Museum traces the 1,000-year history, evolution and influence of Japan’s famed warrior class.
Houston Public Media

Houston Museum Tells Story of the Samurai

The Middle Ages had its knights. The Japanese their Samurai. A new exhibitat the Houston Museum of Natural Science features full suits of armor and a collection of katanas — Japanese swords closely ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Samurai collection spawns museum, touring exhibit

DALLAS (AP) — 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 ...
Reading Eagle

Exhibit: Samurai collection spawns museum, touring display

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 ...