47 Samurai

47 SamuraiOne of the most spectacular vendettas ever: the history and haiku behind the mass suicide featured in the 2013 film 47 Ronin. A remarkable and true tale of loyalty, vengeance, and ritual suicide. . . . In the spring of 1701, the regional lord Asano Naganori wounded his supervising official, Kira Yoshinaka, during an important ceremony in the ruling shogunate's Edo Castle and was at once condemned to death. Within two years, in the dead of winter, a

for the entertainment of kings and princes

Chang Dai-chien (1899–1983)

it roots its imagery in historical Japanese art but uses the visual language of high-tech rendering and animation

This is a story for all mothers and daughters

Among his most charming and inventive works are his brilliant depictions of animals—crows

one of the finest Kyosai collections in the world

A Is for Awesome

and both exacting and impressionistic references to the kimono

The herbal massage ball is made with turmeric and lemongrass to help relieve muscle tension and joint pain

A collaboration between museum curators

10 X 7 inches

an artistic movement that emerged in southern China at the turn of the 20th century