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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.
Onna-musha (Before the Battle of Awazu) Tomoe Gozen ( 巴 御前 , Japanese pronunciation: [tomo.e] [ 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.
Hangaku Gozen, woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, c. 1885 . Lady Hangaku (坂額御前, Hangaku Gozen) [1] was a onna-musha warrior, [2] [3] one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature.
Female Samurai. Being a female samurai sounds like a tough occupation for a woman — and it was — but taking on the challenge also meant being in the background of Japanese history.
The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (). [1] [2] Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). [3]
Seemingly because you feel they were influenced by this article title, when it was a stub until very recently. At the very least the term 'Onna bugeisha' should be referred to and bolded in the lead or there could be a section on the term to describe the terms 'onna-musha', 'onna-bugeisha' or even better 'Female warriors in Japanese history'.
Komatsuhime (小松姫) (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period.Born the daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, she was adopted by lord Tokugawa Ieyasu, before marrying Sanada Nobuyuki.
Nakano Takeko (中野 竹子, April 1847 – 16 October 1868) was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War.During the Battle of Aizu, she fought with a naginata (a Japanese polearm) and was the leader of an ad hoc corps of female combatants who fought in the battle independently.