Mario Moore's bold portraits explore the nature of veneration, self-determination, and the continuum of history.

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Yayoi Kusama is one of the world's most successful living artists, and we're taking a look back at her six-decade career.

Toei Senior Managing Director Koichi Wada denied Deadline’s claim that the studio is producing Yasuke – Way of the Butterfly. “Nothing has been decided yet,” he clarified during the company’s ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

a fictional Japanese female assassin, and Yasuke, a real-life Black samurai of African origin. But while the game has received praise for its gameplay and setting, it has also ignited a lot of ...

Set in feudal Japan, one of the main playable characters is a Black samurai warrior named Yasuke, who is based on a real samurai of African origin, though the character’s inclusion sparked some ...

Fans of the video game franchise Assasin’s Creed have been pining for a game set in feudal Japan for decades ... the notion that Yasuke was being portrayed as a “black samurai”.

"Shadows" has already sparked fierce debate online and beyond for casting a black samurai, Yasuke, as one of the two playable protagonists. A Japanese petition against the depiction of the samurai ...

Recently, quite a few people I know have started lecturing me about black influence in Japanese traditional fighting arts, because of this "Samurai" called Yasuke!!! Tell a lie a few times.....! All ...