The Most FEARED Woman in Samurai History – Tomoe Gozen Tomoe Gozen was a legendary 12th-century onna-musha (female warrior) who served the great Minamoto no Yoshinaka during Japan's Genpei War (1180-1185), renowned for her unmatched skill in archery, swordsmanship, and commanding cavalry charges while clad in full samurai armor. Battlefield Terror Beautiful yet ferocious, Tomoe led 1,000 riders to victory at Tonamiyama (1183), routing Taira clan forces single-handedly. At the final Battle of Awa

Tomoe Gozen remains one of the few figures from the 12th-century Genpei War described as an onna-musha, a female warrior who operated as a high-ranking commander in active field combat. While she is not listed in the Azuma Kagami, the official administrative record of the Kamakura Shogunate, her life is documented in substantial detail within the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). This epic war chronicle provides the primary historical framework for her military career during the transiti

In 19th century Japan, Takeko Nakano defied an all-male samurai culture to become skilled in the deadly naginata and lead an army of hundreds of women to glory. From Samurai Warrior Queens: http://bitly.com/SamuraiQueens | Smithsonian Channel