Tomoe Gozen A Woman Warriors and Samurai.

When someone says the word samurai, most of which are unimaginable figure of a man with a hard body armor holding a sword Katana, and if people say female soldiers, then most probably would have laughed and told her to stop watching anime all the time.

However, the samurai woman, also known as onna bugeisha, although a small but very important role for the representation of upper-class Japanese bushi [samurai] and some of them [eg, Empress Jingu, Nakano Takeko, Hojo Masako or Tomoe Gozen] have an impact major in Japanese history.

 As quoted megindo.net of nihongoup.com, one onna Musha [female soldiers] The most famous is Tomoe Gozen [1157-1247], the wife of the general Minamoto Yoshinaka of the Minamoto clan.

Nothing describes it better than a quote from The Tale of the Heike [Heike Monogatari] famous, the epic story of the Genpei War [1180-1185]:

Tomoe is very beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and a variety of other interesting advantages. He is also a very strong archer, and as a swordsman he is a fighter that can be equated to a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, riding a horse or on foot. He rode with great expertise, he climbed down from his horse without injury. Every time a battle was imminent, Yoshinaka sent out as the first captain, equipped with strong armor, a big sword, and a big bow, and he showed more courage than any other soldier.

 After defeating the Heike, Minamoto no Yoshinaka Minamoto clan wants to be a leader, which in turn lead to the Battle of Awazu [21 February 1184] against the forces of his cousin, Minamoto no Yoritomo, one of the last battles of the Genpei War long. Although Yoshinaka, with Tomoe Gozen and his adopted brother named Imai no Shiro Kanehira, fought bravely, they were outnumbered and losing the war. When Yoshinaka was defeated, he told Tomoe Gozen to flee because he wanted to die with his foster sister and would be embarrassed if he dies with a woman.

Tomoe Gozen many beheaded, slaughtered many, and retire to a quiet life became a nun.