we honor the fearless Onna-musha – the warrior women of Japan! ⚔️🇯🇵 In an era dominated by samurai, these women broke barriers, wielding weapons and defending their clans with ...

Women Were Some of the Fiercest Samurai Warriors Ever In ancient Japan, battle was typically reserved for male samurai. That all changed when Takeko Nakano and her sister, Yuko, decided to fight ...

These female samurai in anime excel in combat, be it through perfect technique, exceptional abilities, or sheer force of will.

Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with ...

Having evolved over many centuries, these warrior values began to become more standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the ...