Samurai Women 1184–1877From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history. Using material that has never been translated into English before, this book presents the story of Japan's female warriors for the first time, revealing the role of the women of the samurai class in all their many manifestations, investigating their weapons, equipment, roles, training and belief systems. Crucially, as well as describing the women who were warriors in their own right, like Hauri Tsuruhime and the women of Aizu, this book also looks at occasions when women became the power behind the throne, ruling and warring through the men around them. |
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| 1537 | |
APPEARANCE EQUIPMENT AND DRESS | 1567 |
Wives daughters and marriage The vengeful woman Samurai women | |
the beautiful samurai 1184 Tsuruhime of Omishima | |
Ueno Tsuruhime at Tsuneyama 1577 Keiginni at Imayama 1570 | |
The women warriors of Aizu 1868 | |
MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS | |
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Aizu Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle armed army Asai Nagamasa attack Awazu battle of Sekigahara became blade brother campaign cannon century commit suicide daimyo daughter death defeated defended dressed Emperor Empress enemy female rulers female samurai warrior fighting fortress fought garrison Gempei Wars Ginchiyo Hachioji hakama Hangaku Gozen Heike monogatari Hidetada Hideyori Hojo hostage husband Ieyasu ikki imperial Ishida Mitsunari Japan Jingu Kamakura killed Kiyomasa Komatsu-dono Kyoto Kyushu married Masako Matsuhime Minamoto Mitsuhide Miyagino modern Mongol mother Myorin-ni Nabeshima naginata Nakano Takeko Nikaho Oda Nobunaga Oichi Omishima Omori Osaka Castle Ouchi Oyamazumi Shrine Prefecture Province revenge Sakasai samurai class samurai history samurai women Sanada Nobuyuki Satsuma scroll Shibata Katsuie Shimabara Shimazu Shinobu Shiroishi shogun siege sister soldiers suit of armour sword Tachibana Muneshige temple Tokugawa Tomoe Gozen took Torisaka Toyotomi Hideyoshi traditional troops Tsuruhime Tsuruhime's Ueda weapon wearing wielding wife wives woman women warriors Yaeko Yanagawa Yodo Yoritomo Yoshinaka Yoshitsune