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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct portrait of Joan of Arc has not survived; this artist's interpretation was painted between AD 1450 and 1500.
Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前, Japanese pronunciation: [5]) was an onna-musha, a female samurai, mentioned in The Tale of the Heike. [6] There is doubt as to whether she existed as she doesn't appear in any primary accounts of the Genpei war.
Shīna is a powerful Hōjō samurai, who was crippled during the Ashikaga rebellion, but upon entering Tokiyuki's servitude, she gains weapons tailor-made to allow her to fight. Sasaki Mima (佐々木 魅摩) Mima is Dōyo's young daughter who likes to gamble, and has great divine power, growing close to Tokiyuki and later becoming his bride.
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 543 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kuge families also had used their family name (Kamei/家名) for the same purpose. Each of samurai families is called "[family name] clan (氏)" as follows and they must not be confused with ancient clan names. The list below is a list of various aristocratic families whose families served as Shugo, Shugodai, Jitō, and Daimyo
Hangaku Gozen, woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, c. 1885 . Lady Hangaku (坂額御前, Hangaku Gozen) [1] was a onna-musha warrior, [2] [3] one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature.