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, a female samurai, mentioned in The Tale of the Heike. There is doubt as to whether...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

2026. During Japan's Edo period (17th century), half-white half-Japanese onna-musha (female warrior) Mizu (meaning water) quests for vengeance against four...