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Komatsuhime (小松姫) (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior (onna-musha) during late-Sengoku period and early Edo period . Born the daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, she was adopted by Tokugawa Ieyasu, before marrying Sanada Nobuyuki. She is described as having been very beautiful, highly intelligent and skillful in fighting. Komatsuhime fought in the siege of Ueda and challenged Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Yukimura at the entrance of Numata Castle. Onna Bugeisha, Sanada Yukimura, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sengoku Period, Kamakura Period, Female Samurai, The Last Samurai, Japan History, Japanese Warrior

Komatsuhime (小松姫) (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior (onna-musha) during late-Sengoku period and early Edo period . Born the daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, she was adopted by Tokugawa Ieyasu, before marrying Sanada Nobuyuki. She is described as having been very beautiful, highly intelligent and skillful in fighting. Komatsuhime fought in the siege of Ueda and challenged Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Yukimura at the entrance of Numata Castle.

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Samurai Girl Power: Mess with these female Japanese warriors and you’ll regret it | Dangerous Minds Geisha Samurai, Guerriero Samurai, Louis Daguerre, Ronin Samurai, Female Samurai, Warrior Pose, Japan History, Japanese Warrior, Historical Women

When you watch Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, which is set in 16th-century Japan, you are not exactly inundated with the stunning power of female warriors brandishing katanas—it’s a bit of a ソーセージ-fest, but such women did exist. These warriors, known as onna bugeisha, find their earliest precursor in Empress Jingū, who in 200 A.D. led an invasion of Korea after her husband Emperor Chūai, the fourteenth emperor of Japan, perished in battle. Legend has it that she accomplished this feat without…

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