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Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前, Japanese pronunciation: [5]) was an onna-musha, a female samurai, mentioned in The Tale of the Heike. [6] There is doubt as to whether she existed as she doesn't appear in any primary accounts of the Genpei war.
Tomoe Gozen. The Genpei War (1180–1185) was a war between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) clans, two very prominent Japanese clans of the late-Heian period.The epic The Tale of the Heike was composed in the early 13th century in order to commemorate the stories of courageous and devoted samurai. [7]
Rokudai Gozen, last descendant of the Taira clan, son of Taira no Koremori, grandson of Taira no Shigemori and great-grandson of Taira no Kiyomori. First reprieved by Minamoto no Yoritomo when he was ca. 12 years old (13 years old Japanese style), but then beheaded when he was ca. 29 years old (30 years old Japanese style) after he had become a ...
Salmonson is the author of the Tomoe Gozen trilogy, a fantasy version of the tale of the historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen.Her other novels are The Swordswoman, Ou Lu Khen and the Beautiful Madwoman, an Asian fantasy, and a modern horror novel, Anthony Shriek.
Hangaku Gozen was a member of the Taira clan and lived with her family in Echigo. [5] Also known as Hangaku Itazaki, she was the daughter of Jo Sukenaga, who was defeated by Kiso Yoshinaka in battle. She joined her uncle, Jo Nagamochi, and cousin, Jo Sukemori, in the Kennin Rebellion of 1201, and became an integral part of their defensive ...
Her official English name is "Musha-Miko Tomoe", [5] and she is named after the historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen. In Queen's Blade Rebellion , after awakening her ultimate skills in the tournament and returning to Hinomoto, Tomoe was acknowledged as the supreme warrior of Masakado Shrine, and was given the title of Sword Saint Priestess ...
Tomoe Gozen (c. 1157–1247), female, possibly fictional, samurai warrior, a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka; Tsuchida Gozen (died 1594), wife of warlord Oda Nobuhide and mother of warlord Oda Nobunaga; Fujishiro Gozen (16th-century), female samurai warrior and ruler of Fujishiro castle.
Tomoe Gozen is a novel by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, published in 1981. Set in an alternate universe resembling feudal Japan , the book combines the tale of historical female samurai Tomoe Gozen with the legends and creatures of Japanese mythology to create an action-adventure fantasy .