Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on ...

In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in ...

In the seven centuries samurai ruled Japan, women played an essential role in both creating and upholding the warrior state. Aside from a brief period in the 14th century, the emperor was little ...

Nevertheless, her inclusion as a main character gives us an opportunity to learn more about women fighters in Japanese history. Also, although Atsu has not been identified as a samurai per se, we’ll ...

Women Were Some of the Fiercest Samurai Warriors Ever In ancient Japan, battle was typically reserved for male samurai. That all changed when Takeko Nakano and her sister, Yuko, decided to fight ...

A samurai horsewoman carries ... banning the participation of most women in the traditional Soma Nomaoi festival held annually in and around this northeast Japan city are being debated, and ...

Valignano, tasked with assessing Catholic missions in Asia, recruited him as a bodyguard for a journey through India, China, and Japan. (These samurai women were some of history’s most legendary ...