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Onna-musha, female warriors in feudal Japan; Umemura Sawano, an alleged 16th–17th century female ninja; Mochizuki Chiyome, an alleged 16th-century female ninja in the service of Takeda Shingen. [3] Hatsume no Tsubone, a legendary female ninja; Tsunade, a fictional female ninja from the folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
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. She only appears in the epic "The tale of the Heike".
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Mochizuki is featured in many video games, some of which include Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou (DLC), [5] Puzzle & Dragons, [6] [7] and Toukiden: The Age of Demons. [8]She is mentioned as a trainer of the playable character Kunoichi in Samurai Warriors, and appears in person in Samurai Warriors 2 as Shingen's mistress and the master and surrogate mother of Kurenai, the protagonist of Red Ninja ...
Drawing of the archetypical ninja from a series of sketches by Hokusai. Woodblock print on paper. Vol. six, 1817. A ninja (Japanese: 忍者, lit. 'one who is invisible'; [ɲiꜜɲdʑa]) or shinobi (Japanese: 忍び, lit. 'one who sneaks'; ) was an infiltration agent, mercenary, or guerrilla warfare and later bodyguard expert in feudal Japan.
Ginny MacColl spent a lifetime dancing and switched to strength training in her 60s to compete on American Ninja Warrior with her daughter. How she hits PRs:
It includes fictional ninja that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Fictional kunoichi , female ninja or practitioners of ninjutsu ( ninpo ). During the feudal period of Japan, ninjas were used as killers, spies and messengers.