In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became the first armed conflict of the Gempei War (so-named for the Chinese reading ... for the samurai and fostered many ...

The remains of the “rainbow dragon” are said to have been discovered by a legendary samurai warrior in 1429. Yoshinori Ashikaga uncovered the mystical beast during a visit to Nara’s Todaiji ...