Instead , @take14aki was the creative, artistic type, spending his free time drawing pictures and making stuffed animals ... with which he created this amazing suit of samurai armor. @take14aki ...

Samurai “clearly understood the functional requirements of armor,” Gabriel Barbier-Mueller, who with his wife, Ann, is the most important collector of samurai regalia outside Japan ...

Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum has one of the most expansive collections of Samurai armor outside of Japan. It has only traveled 17 times in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller exhibition will be making their debut at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). Starting ...

Perhaps somewhat predictably, the armor sets were based off of samurai, with designers going for an "eerie creature + samurai armor" look. Here's the quote: ...