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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Museum Type Sword Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha, Ninja, Kendo, Iaido practitioners Production history Produced Nanboku-chō...

Type Small sword Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha Production history Produced Kamakura period (1185–1333) to present. Specifications...

Asymmetrical bow Place of origin Japan Service history Used by Samurai, Onna-musha, Kyudo practitioners Production history Produced Since 3rd century (the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...