Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, who were members of the bushi (warrior) class. They were trained in the use...
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soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna-musha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. A common...
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Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前, Japanese pronunciation: [tomo.e]) was an onna-musha, female warrior, from the late Heian period of Japanese history. She served samurai...
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Nakazawa Koto (中沢琴, 1839–October 12, 1927) was a Japanese swordswoman and Onna-musha of the Bakumatsu period. She joined the Rōshigumi and later Shinchogumi...
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individuals who have left an enduring mark on history. From the legendary onna musha Nakano Takeko, who led a women's army during the Boshin War, to Sumiko...
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Sasaki Rui (佐々木 累) was a Japanese swordwoman, Onna-musha and kenjutsu expert of the early Edo period (mid-17th century). She was known as the "Strangely...
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Lady Hangaku (坂額御前, Hangaku Gozen) was a onna-musha warrior, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature...
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1569 – November 30, 1602) was head of the Japanese Tachibana clan and onna-musha during the Sengoku period. She was a daughter of Tachibana Dōsetsu, a...
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season. During Japan's Edo period (17th century), half-white half-Japanese onna-musha (female warrior) Mizu quests for vengeance against four white men, one...
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Lady Otsuya (おつやの方 Otsuya no Kata) was a Japanese female samurai (onna-musha) from the Sengoku period. She was the ruler of Iwamura Castle until the last...
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speculated to have been born in 1572, was a Japanese female warrior, onna-musha from the Sengoku Period. She was a daughter of Narita Ujinaga [ja] and...
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Oni Gozen (鬼御前) (fl. 16th century) was a Japanese noble lady and onna-musha from the Sengoku period. She was the wife of Hoashi Akinao (帆足鑑直) the retainer...
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club which is based in the city of Iga, takes its name from the term. Onna-musha, female warriors in feudal Japan Umemura Sawano, an alleged 16th–17th...
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Komatsuhime (小松姫) (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior (onna-musha) during the Azuchi-Momoyama period and early Edo period. Born the daughter of...
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Ōhōri Tsuruhime (大祝鶴姫, 1526–1543) was a Sengoku period female warrior (Onna-musha). She was the daughter of Ōhōri Yasumochi, a chief priest of Ōyamazumi...
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Italy Onna, Okinawa, Japan Onna, Hampshire, England, UK Onna White (1922–2005), Canadian choreographer and dancer Ona (disambiguation) Onna-musha, a type...
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14 June 1932), also known as Yamamoto Yaeko (山本 八重子), was a Japanese onna-musha, educator, nurse, and scholar of the late Edo period who lived into the...
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1845-October 10, 1868) was a Japanese noble lady, member of the aristocracy, Onna-musha (female warrior) and retainer of the Aizu-Matsudaira clan who lived during...
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Kata (ゆきの方), Lady Kita or Oyuki (おゆき), was a Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) in the Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Ukita Hideie and Gōhime...
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Ichikawa no Tsubone, d. April 5, 1585) was a Japanese female warrior (Onna-musha) from the Sengoku period who helped drive out Ouchi and the Otomo clan...
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who was most famous for dying at the hands of Tomoe Gozen, the famous onna-musha, whom he failed to capture in battle at the Battle of Awazu. In 1184,...
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Museum Type Sword Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha, Ninja, Kendo, Iaido practitioners Production history Produced Nanboku-chō...
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Type Small sword Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha Production history Produced Kamakura period (1185–1333) to present. Specifications...
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Asymmetrical bow Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha, Kyudo practitioners Production history Produced Since 3rd century (the...
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Samurai Sword by Emiliano Sciarra. List of female castellans in Japan Onna-musha Hickman, Money L. et al. (2002). Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama, p. 283...
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Onamihime (阿南姫, July 4, 1541 – August 30, 1602) was a late-Sengoku period Onna-musha. She was the first daughter of Date Harumune, sister of Date Terumune...
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century) Type Sword Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha Production history Produced approx. 200 B.C. Yayoi period (1,000 BC–300...
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Okyō (於京) or Okyō no Kata (お京の方) was a Japanese female warrior (onna-musha) from the Sengoku period. She served Aso Koremitsu alongside her husband, Kiyama...
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980 AD (Heian period). The naginata was a weapon widely used mainly by Onna-musha (女武者, warrior women), Sôhei (僧兵; warrior monks), and Yamabushi (山伏, mountain...
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Myōki (妙喜) or Myokini (妙喜尼) was a Japanese female warrior (Onna-musha) from the Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Tōyama Naokage and wife of Suwabe...
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