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Woman Samurai Warrior: Rare Vintage Photos of Japanese Ladies with Their Katana Swords
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Female Samurai Warriors
Interesting brief history of women samurai warriors -
Women Warriors - Female Samurai in Ancient in Japan?
Another brief history on female warriors -
Samurai Warrior Queens (Video)
Short video about Takeko Nakano, a female warrior in the 1800s.
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It would have had to be extremely difficult for women to gain acceptance as warriors in a male-dominated society like that.
apparently women warriors in Asian culture was pretty much normal. It's been discovered that the Naginta was primarily a female warrior's weapon.
I think you're right - in a normal situation it would have been difficult at best for women to be accepted solely as warriors. Even the Smithsonian video points out that at first the male samurai wanted nothing to do with Nakano Takeko and her group of fighting women. But the impression I got from what I've read is that acting as a warrior was on an as-needed basis. The Ten Shin Ichi Ryu site has this to say about Samurai women
That sounds like a fairly typical female role and a state of things that would be mostly familiar for even a medieval European noblewoman. However, unlike their European counterparts
Of course, I could be completely wrong. Until today I never even knew that samurai fighting women were a thing.
This is amazing! Thank you for this share!
It would be amazing to have actual video footage of this. I'd love to see them (male or female) in action.