Tomoe Gozen was not only a female Samurai, she was also one of the best warriors out there! But… Where did she come from, how did she manage to become such a strong warrior, and what happened to her after the Genpei War? Let’s find out!

This is the story of Tomoe Gozen, the female Samurai legend!

#samurai #history #japan

SOURCES:

https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Samurai-Histories/dp/1845299477
https://www.swordsofnorthshire.com/blogs/theblade/tomoe-gozen-and-the-onna-bugeisha
https://lonemedievalist.hcommons.org/women-of-the-middle-ages/tomoe-gozen/
https://ukiyo-e.org/search?q=tomoe+gozen
https://allthatsinteresting.com/tomoe-gozen
https://oishya.com/journal/japans-female-samurai-who-feared-nothing-onna-bugeisha/
https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/WomenWarriorsofEarlyJapanRochelleNowaki.pdf
https://historyofjapan.co.uk/2020/02/14/lady-tomoe/

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
02:03 - Early Life
03:26 - Kiso Yoshinaka
05:37 - Tomoe & Kiso
08:13 - The Escape
09:16 - Modern References
10:57 - Outro