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Female samurai

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Category: Regional History or Period History
Forum Name: East Asia
Forum Discription: The Far East: China, Korea, Japan and other nearby civilizations
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Topic: Female samurai

Posted By: Nick1986
Subject: Female samurai
Date Posted: 05-Jan-2013 at 10:09

This is interesting: a suit of armor made for a 5ft Japanese warrior woman has recently come up for auction. I've heard of ninja girls infiltrating and assassinating rival warlords (usually with poison), but never of women fighting in open battle:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221017/Samurai-suit-worn-fearsome-5ft-tall-Japanese-warrior-woman-set-fetch-40-000-auction.html - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221017/Samurai-suit-worn-fearsome-5ft-tall-Japanese-warrior-woman-set-fetch-40-000-auction.html

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 06-Jan-2013 at 00:37

Here's some invaluable information on this subject, Nick. Make sure to click onto the subsequent pages too.

A Long History - Japanese Women Warriors

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/imagegalleries/ss/samuraiwomen.htm - http://asianhistory.about.com/od/imagegalleries/ss/samuraiwomen.htm

Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 06-Jan-2013 at 08:46

Female warriors seem to be more widespread than i first thought. No doubt the wives of besieged samurai preferred death in battle over widowhood or rape

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Posted By: lirelou
Date Posted: 07-Jan-2013 at 19:01

Good link Alani Dragon. I knew about the Boshin War, but the rest was news to me. Somewhere I remember a woodblock of a battle on a bridge between Boshin female forces and the emerging Japanese Imperial Army.

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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2013 at 15:15

Female ninja in 16th century Japan:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc8-dk7s1ZwC&lpg=PA113&dq=kunoichi&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc8-dk7s1ZwC&lpg=PA113&dq=kunoichi&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2013 at 19:09

Originally posted by Nick1986

Female ninja in 16th century Japan:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc8-dk7s1ZwC&lpg=PA113&dq=kunoichi&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc8-dk7s1ZwC&lpg=PA113&dq=kunoichi&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false

Here is a little more on the Kunoichi, or female ninja: http://www.sask-ninjutsu.com/jom/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=20 - http://www.sask-ninjutsu.com/jom/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=20

Posted By: TheAlaniDragonRising
Date Posted: 09-Jan-2013 at 19:13

Here is a Wiki page about the Onna-bugeisha, which are being refered to as female samurai: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-bugeisha

Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 10-Jan-2013 at 14:22

The steel fingernails sound ferocious. Are there any pictures out there?

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