Who Were the Samurai?

Introduction
The code of the samurai
Surprising samurai facts
Miyamoto Musashi and The Book of Five Rings
How to dress a samurai
Making a samurai sword
Historic samurai photos
Japanese castles

What's in the Exhibition?

Preview select artworks
Explore samurai armor

The nine-planet hunt:
part one | part two

Samurai and the Way of Tea
Samurai military gear

Samurai Today

Movies
Books
Videos
Manga
Educator packets
Spot the Samurai

Behind the Scenes
Packing Samurai
Shipping crates

All samurai-related posts on the museum's blog
Daimyo for a Day: An interactive experience

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Sponsors

This exhibition is organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection, Tokyo. Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is made possible by Carmen M. Christensen, the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation, Union Bank, United Airlines, the Society for Asian Art, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

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Media sponsors:

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