Women's History Month Project | NOTABLE WOMEN THROUGHOUT OUR WORLD by Cao Nguyen, Lyna - 09

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Onna-Bugeisha or (Onna Bushi) – Female Samurai Warriors

Place Of Origin

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Place of Birth: The onna-bugeisha belonged to the bushi, a noble class of feudal Japanese warriors between the 12th and 19th centuries.

Purpose as Samurai

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Clan members believed in giving their daughters’ experience in military education for the symbolic discipline as wives or mothers, so it stood as an important skill to have for women of the time.

Generally, however some battle training did not stand for symbolism. The training taught to these women defense in protecting their families.

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The family of each samurai completely tied into the role as the family determined how much training the warrior would be allowed.

Importance

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These following women figures I believe happen to influence others by bending the stereotypes that only men could preform in martial arts and be a samurai by modern standards.

Interesting facts: women of Feudal Japan

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“Empress Jingu was one such woman skilled and fit to lead a battle, which she did. She personally organized and led a conquest to Korea in 200 AD. Women like her were considered strong warriors and exception to the cultural ideology of women staying home to take care of the children and family’s property
"Kawahara Asako was among several Aizu women determined to defend the castle against invaders. Their education had prepared these women for war. These warriors stand in a long tradition of women in Japan who joined battles alongside their male counterparts and immortalized themselves as Onna-Bugeisha, literally, “female martial arts masters."
"Female warriors were in the noblest class of feudal Japanese society and would fight alongside men during warfare.”

Words to describe these figures in history

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Honorable: this describes the goals of the female samurai’s as they fought for the intention of protecting their family or nation and with genuine heart in battle.

Bold: in battle the many onna-bugeisha warriors that fought knew what their purpose was, chose to fight, and fought with both strength and pursuit in what they fought for.

Links for more information about the Onna-Bugeisha to explore & explanation video:

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