The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau, meaning "to serve," and was first used in A.D. 702 to describe mid-to-low-ranking court administrators and, later, armed imperial guards.

an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the 17th century. In the late 1860s, civil war ended the nearly 300-year shogunate, bringing about the Meiji imperial restoration and a ...

Like a Dragon Ishin - First Official Screens Like a Dragon: Ishin is an action-packed samurai historical thriller set in 1860s Kyo, a fictionalized version of Kyoto. In Ishin, you can slash ...