Kusunoki Masashige – guerrilla tactician, imperial loyalist, myth. Who was the most loyal samurai really? History, facts & exhibits at…
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Ō-Yoroi – the great armour of the Heian samurai. Not decoration, but a machine for the mounted archer. History &…
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598): how a nameless foot soldier became the unifier of Japan. History, reforms & exhibits at the Samurai…
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The Heian period created the samurai. How provincial administrators became a warrior caste – and why the sword played hardly…
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The Kamakura shogunate, the Mongol wars, and the Muromachi bakufu: How Japan developed samurai rule between 1185 and 1467. Samurai…
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Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), Japan's last unifier. Sekigahara, Osaka, Pax Tokugawa. 250 years of peace – with original exhibits at the…
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Kendō – the way of the sword: from Kenjutsu to a modern martial art. History, equipment, philosophy & historical exhibits…
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The true story of the 47 Rōnin: how 47 masterless samurai avenged their lord in 1703 – and why not…
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The kabuto – protection, identity, and work of art in one. History, anatomy & smithing traditions of the samurai helmet.…
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The Sengoku Jidai (1467–1615) was Japan's 150-year civil war. After the collapse of Ashikaga rule, rival daimyō fought for supremacy…
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Samurai Museum Berlin
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10117 Berlin
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