It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...

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It includes masks, dolls, carriages, a Samurai helmet, a Mexican drum, and other world heritage artefacts. (Image: DMC Images) There are also paintings, drawings, scrapbooks, slide shows ...

‘They had three masks each on top of each other. They were oblivious to any contact with reality.’ A child’s cot in the property covered in disturbing drawings (Picture: Solarpix) Photos ...

His helmet and face mask were directly inspired by the kabuto, the ornate battle helmet worn by Japanese samurai. The flared shape, the menacing mask, the vertical slits—they all echo the design of ...

In turn, those can be used to intimidate, much as the Gorgons of Ancient Greece or the menpō worn by Samurai in feudal Japan rattled enemy armies. Masks infiltrate our everyday most notably in ...

This is iaido, the Japanese art of drawing your sword well. Unlike kendo or karate, there are no opponents in iaido. It’s so meditative in nature, it’s sometimes called “zen in motion.” ...

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1: Demon Hunters has arrived, and this season brings a fresh Japanese legends theme to the game that has never been seen before. From Oni legends to Ronin and Shonen ...

Fortnite’s Chapter 6 Season 1: Hunters will introduce Demon/Oni Masks, granting players powerful ... upcoming Hunters season and its Japanese Samurai and Mythology-inspired theme.

Farai achieves this blend of ancient and modern by drawing on the rich histories of civilizations ... and redefines identity in a new era. With Masks of Modernity, Samurai Farai invites viewers into a ...

Japanese masks in real life, like the Kitsune masks, hold symbolic significance and draw inspiration from mythology ... which are believed to possess magical powers, samurai masks which represent ...