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However, she has impacted much of the warrior class, including many traditional Naginata schools. Her actions in battle received much attention in the arts, such as the Noh play Tomoe and various ukiyo-e. [11] [1] Hangaku Gozen. Another famous female warrior of the Genpei War was Hangaku Gozen. While Tomoe Gozen was an ally of the Minamoto clan ...
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".
Ishura (Japanese: 異修羅) is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiso. It originated on the novel posting websites Kakuyomu and Shōsetsuka ni Narō, before being acquired by ASCII Media Works, who published the series with illustrations by Kureta under their Dengeki no Shin Bungei imprint.
Nyxie - Variation of the Greek name Nyx, meaning "night" or "darkness"—very powerful! 143. Octavia - Warrior Latin name meaning "the eighth," powerful position.
Over a hundred male and female attendants followed her to the grave. Then a king was placed on the throne, but the people would not obey him. Assassination and murder followed; more than one thousand were thus slain. A relative of Himiko named Iyo [壹與], a girl of thirteen, was [then] made queen and order was restored. Chêng issued a ...
Kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一, also くのいち or クノイチ) is a Japanese term for "woman" (女, onna). [1] [2] In popular culture, it is often used for female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo). The term was largely popularized by novelist Futaro Yamada in his novel Ninpō Hakkenden (忍法八犬伝) in 1964. [1]
The spirit of a young World War II-era girl who inhabits and haunts elementary school restrooms. Haniyasu-hiko and Haniyasu-hime Two kami of earth, clay and pottery, either born from Izanami and Izanagi after Japan was made, or from Izanami 's feces as she died from giving birth to Kagu-tsuchi .
Say "bonjour" to French names for girls beyond classics like "Marie," "Charlotte" and "Louise.". American parents fell in love with French girl names in the 1960s, according to Laura Wattenberg ...