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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.
Another early mention of kunoichi exists in the poem compilation Enshūsenkuzuke by Waki Enshū from 1680, and was used to refer to Sei Shōnagon, a female poet. [1] Iga FC Kunoichi, a women's football club which is based in the city of Iga, takes its name from the term.
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 ...
The naginata was appreciated because it was a weapon that could maintain an optimum distance from the enemy in close combat. [8] During the Genpei War (1180–1185), in which the Taira clan was pitted against the Minamoto clan, the naginata rose to a position of particularly high esteem, being regarded as an extremely effective weapon by ...
Kunoichi (くノ一) is, originally, an argot which means "woman"; [11]: p168 it supposedly comes from the characters くノ一 (respectively hiragana ku, katakana no and kanji ichi), which make up the form of kanji for "woman" (女). [11]: p168 In fiction written in the modern era kunoichi means "female ninja". [11]: p167
Fictional kunoichi, female ninja or practitioners of ninjutsu (ninpo). During the feudal period of Japan, ninjas were used as killers, spies and messengers.
Due to pronunciation changes over time, the blade's name has shifted from kwaiken to kaiken. [6] The kaiken is also referred to as a futokoro-gatana [ citation needed ] or a mamori-gatana ( 守り刀 , ' protection sword/blade ' ) .
Ayame is a kunoichi (female ninja) who wears black (sometimes dark purple) clothing, with long pants, a loose belt, arm armor that goes to halfway from the elbow and shoulder, and a ring that surrounds her neck, with her midriff exposed and carries a pair of kodachi.