The ultimate guide to the Samurai exhibition at the British Museum | Curators' Tour

When you think of samurai, you probably think of armour and weapons. But do you think of... land surveying? Fine art? Firefighting? Well, after this exhibition tour, you will. Join Samurai exhibition curators, Rosina Buckland and Joe Nickols, on a surprising journey through a thousand years of samurai history, including battling frogs, drinking tea, and the only time you can bring a knife to a gun fight and still win...

00:00 Introduction
01:37 Early armour and weaponry
03:07 Armour evolving over time
04:29 Tea and diplomacy
06:01 Land surveying to arts
07:48 Firefighting samurai!
08:45 Samurai become legends
11:00 GREAT FROG BATTLE
11:51 The dagger that isn't a dagger
13:00 Samurai as a nationalist symbol
13:53 Bushido
14:38 Samurai today