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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.
Mitsunari was killed and the Western army lost, so the Shimazu army managed to return from Sekigahara to Osaka. In the chaos after the battle ended, Shimazu Yoshihiro arrived at Osaka Castle. With the help of local merchants, Yoshihiro was able to free his wife Saisho and Shimazu Kameju, before the band of survivors returned home to Satsuma by ...
In the West, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary Samurai Warrior Queens aired on the Smithsonian Channel. [41] [42] 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. [43]
K9s for Warriors has rescued 1,500 dogs from shelters and trained them as service dogs for veterans with PTSD. ... While he had to wait five years for Poppy, he thanks his wife and his service dog ...
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;
Miyohime (美代姫) or Enkyū Myōgetsu (圓久妙月) was a Japanese Onna-musha from the late-Sengoku period.She was a retainer of Ryūzōji clan.After her husband and Ryūzōji Takanobu were slain in the Battle of Okitanawate, she became the head of 'Kamafunatsu castle' and 'Hyakutake clan'.
The list includes the following persons: 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:
Akohime was the daughter of Chōsokabe Motochika, known for having Unified the island of Shikoku. She was also the sister of Chōsokabe Morichika and wife of Satake Chikanao, a retainer of the Chōsokabe, and bore two sons which would later be known as Igarashi Motonari e Shibata Tomomoto.