His power was greater than that of any previous shogun, but it wouldn't ... forces and did away with many of the samurai's special rights. Thus, the sword-slashing warrior of yore abandoned ...

Seppuku was a samurai ritual in which a person who had lost their honor would die by suicide by stabbing themselves with a short sword in the ... in the first place. Shogun is an FX original ...

He analyzes the one-handed sword fighting moves in ... different types of spears in battle in "Shogun." He breaks down the differences between samurai and ninja fighting techniques in "The ...

In the Eighties, it felt like every household had a copy of Shogun by James Clavell on the bookshelves. Running to some 800 ...