Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows

Exhibition of the week Samurai British Museum, London ...

Explore a little-visited region where Shinto gods congregate and masked dancers tell ancient legends

Train Landscape , 1940, watercolour on paper, 17¼in ...

Exhibition of the week Hawai‘i: a kingdom crossing ...

THIS February, opera fans are in for a treat as Scottish Opera presents the world première of “The Great Wave”, an exciting new work by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura and Scottish librettist Harry Ros