Samurai Collection

Japanese warrior woman with naginata
Japanese warrior woman with a large Naginata. A naginata is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class

Racial / Japan / Samurai 19C
SAMURAI WARRIORS Four Japanese men in the traditional costume of Samurai warriors pose for the camera

Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s

The samurai warriors Ichijo Jiro Tadanori and Notonokami Noritsune. Print shows two samurai warriors fighting on the seashore or bank of a river. Date between 1818 and 1820

Two Japanese men, possibly samurai, full-length studio portrait with backdrop, standing, one facing front and the other facing left, each with two swords. Date ca. 1877

Japanese Samurai

Sport / Martial Arts / Kendo
Two warriors practise Kendo, the way of the sword. Kendo is derived from ancient samurai (warrior class) fighting methods

Japanese Samurai Fighter
The Samurai hero Yashitzone in combat with an armoured opponent

Racial / Japan / Samurai
Samurai warrior in fighting array

Racial / Japan / Samurai
Three Samurai warriors in their fighting gear

Samurai Elevated
In the 8th century, during the Fujiwara era, the military order of Samurai are elevated to an elite rank above other citizens, with a strict moral code and high cultural values

Japanese warrior
Japanese actor in the costume of a Samurai warrior

Japanese samurai. Date: circa 1890s

Japanese Samurai warrior hunting a tiger Date: 1904

Samurai warrior, half-length studio portrait, facing front, wearing armor and holding a sword. Date ca. 1877

The Warrior
A watercolour painting of a samurai warrior in full outfit, with his Katana unsheathed. A policeman can be seen peering through a small gap, with an intimidated look upon his face. Date: circa 1918

Toshusai Sharaku image. He was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known

Making up for the Stage'. Date: 1909

c. 1880s Japan - soldier with swords and armour
c.1880s Japan - soldier with swords and armour

1860s Japan - portrait of a samurai and his servant travelling in snow Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

1860s Japan - portrait of a group of southern officers Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

1860s Japan - portrait of a samurai group being served by a tea house servant Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Samurai wth two swords, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: samurai wth two swords, image probably the work of the Shimooka Renjo studio

c. 1880s Japan - elderly Samurai warrior - an actor?

Japanese actoras a samurai, armour, two swords, grass coat
Japanese actor dressed as a samurai, with armour, two swords and grass coat. Vintage 19th century photograph

Wife of the elite samurai class relaxing
Wife of the elite samurai class reading books, with other women writing with a pen, one looking at ukiyo-e prints, and one folding paper. Another woman delivers reams of paper and ink

Japanese women picnicing in a field, Tokyo, 18th century
Japanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles

Japanese oiran and samurai. Japanese courtesan in kimono with fan and hair ornaments, and two Japanese samurai in chonmage hairstyle wearing montsuki over hakama with two swords (katana)

Japanese flags, emblems and insignia including mythical beasts (kirin, phoenix). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Theatre - Exotic - Kabuki
A scene from a Kabuki play. Date: 19th century

Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - Military Leader
Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - a pre-eminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Date: circa 1570

Samurai of the Satsuma Clan, Japan, looking at a map. Date: circa 1890s

The traditional costume of the Kamakura era - Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan. Date: circa 16th century

Japanese Samurai, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Two samurai warriors (probably actors) Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Japanese art
The Revenge of the Soga Brothers. 17th c. Detail of the screen with figures of samurais. Japanese art. Tokugawa shogunate period. Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museum of Oriental Art

Japan - Two Samurai, or Retainers of a Prince
Lantern slide of Two Samurai, or Retainers of a Prince.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 19 Date: circa 1890s

Samurai warrior, Japan
Samurai warrior with sword, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Attack of the 47 Ronin and Ryogoku Bridge, Tokyo, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Actors pretending to be Samurai - Japan
Four actors pretending to be Samurai - Japan. Date: 1915

Japense samurai (actor) with a clock, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Oriental man with banner on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Graves of the 47 Ronin, Sengaku-ji, Soto Zen Buddhist temple
The graves of Asano Takumi no Kami Naganori and the Forty-seven Ronin at Sengaku-ji, a Soto Zen Buddhist temple located in the Takanawa neighborhood of Minato-ku

Statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside Tokyos Imperial Palace
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige (a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo) outside Tokyos Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Stone Pagoda Monument - erected for Taira-no-Kiyomori, Kobe, Japan. Taira-no-Kiyomori was a samurai warrior in medieval Japan

Japanese warrior on a circular Christmas card with an oriental plate pattern. Date: circa 1890s

Samurai, Japan (actor)

Samurai and attendant, Japan (actors)

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