The Samurai Way << Back to Feature Page Browse through images from our online-exclusive photo gallery. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Dressed to the Nines Photograph by Ueno Hikoma; "Samurai (Harada Kiichi), Nagasaki, Japan"; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston In this posed studio portrait, a young samurai—dressed in traditional samurai attire of the Edo period—displayed his long katana sword in its scabbard with the cords still tied, as well as his short tanto blade, which was tucked through the sash at his waist.

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