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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [43] [44] Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama, Naotora: The Lady Warlord, was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. [45]
A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub-period of the Muromachi Period in feudal Japan. Samurai. A. Akai Naomasa; Akai Teruko; Akao Kiyotsuna;
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century, and eventually came to play a major political role until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era.
Women who inherited the leadership of a samurai clan. A woman who was named commander of the castle by a Daimyo. Due to the death of a male owner, his wife or daughter formally inherit the leadership of the castle. The list does not include: Women who had great political power but were not formally clan or castle leaders. Reigning Empresses or ...
This is a list of foreign-born people who became samurai in Japan. During the Edo period (1603–1868), some foreigners in Japan were granted privileges associated with samurai, including fiefs or stipends and the right to carry two swords.
Name (birth–death) Shogun from Shogun until 1 Kose no Maro: 709 2 Tajihi no Agatamori: 720 721 3 Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718–785) 784 785 4 Ki no Kosami: 788 789 5 Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809) 793 794 6 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758–811) 797 808 7 Funya no Watamaro (765–823) 811 816 8 Fujiwara no Tadabumi (873–947) 940 9 Minamoto no ...
[ch. 78, 79] Having heard of Arai Shakkū's last sword, Chō intimidates Arai Seikū's wife into revealing its location; the blade was offered to a temple. Because he takes Seikū's son Iori with him, Kenshin fights Chō even though his sakabatō is broken. After hearing him talk of the new era, Seikū entrusts Kenshin with his father's last sword.