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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 ...
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 ...
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Tomoe Gozen (巴御前, Tomoe Gozen) A witch invited to the Walpurgis with the title of "Mighty Witch", her desire is "Justice". She was an onna-musha from the late Heian period of Japanese history, serving under Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. Her weapons are a massive ...
Shizuka Gozen (1165–1211), Japanese court dancer and mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune Tokiwa Gozen (1123–c. 1180), Japanese noblewoman, mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune Tomoe Gozen (c. 1157–1247), female, possibly fictional, samurai warrior, a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka
Tomoe Abe (安部 友恵, born 1971), Japanese ultramarathon runner; Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前), a Japanese female samurai; Tomoe Hotta (born 1975), Japanese tennis player. Tomoe Hanba (半場 友恵, born 1972), Japanese voice actress; Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas (born 2000), Japanese-Norwegian swimmer; Tomoe Iwata (1904-2018) is a Japanese supercentenarian
Minamoto no Yoshinaka (源 義仲, 1154 – February 21, 1184), also known as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾 義仲), was a Japanese samurai lord mentioned in the epic poem The Tale of the Heike. A member of the Minamoto clan , he was a cousin and rival of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo during the Genpei War between the Minamoto and the Taira clans in the ...