The Onna Bugiesha, or, samurai warrior women are often treated like they were rare, and sometimes a myth. They weren't! Samurai is a class after all, and samurai women most certainly existed. But were they warriors? Indeed they were! Warrior women such as Tomoe Gozen, Ohori Tsuruhime, and Yae Niijima are but examples of Japan's Onna Bugeisha.

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