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Hangaku Gozen, Female Samurai Warrior

Entitled: "Hangakujo"; shows woman warrior, armed and armored, seated on a rearing horse. Lady Hangaku was a female warrior samurai, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature. She lived during the end of the Heian and the beginning of the Kamakura periods. Hangaku commanded 3,000 soldiers to defend against an army of 10,000 soldiers loyal to the Hojo clan.She was wounded by an arrow and captured; the defenses then collapsed. Hangaku was taken to Kamakura. When she was presented to the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, she met Asari Yoshito, a warrior of the Kai Genji, who received the shogun's permission to marry her. They lived in Kai, where she is said to have had one daughter. Woodcut by Yoshitoshi Taiso, circa 1880s.
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Hangaku Gozen, Female Samurai Warrior
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Entitled: "Hangakujo"; shows woman warrior, armed and armored, seated on a rearing horse. Lady Hangaku was a female warrior samurai, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature. She lived during the end of the Heian and the beginning of the Kamakura periods. Hangaku commanded 3,000 soldiers to defend against an army of 10,000 soldiers loyal to the Hojo clan.She was wounded by an arrow and captured; the defenses then collapsed. Hangaku was taken to Kamakura. When she was presented to the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, she met Asari Yoshito, a warrior of the Kai Genji, who received the shogun's permission to marry her. They lived in Kai, where she is said to have had one daughter. Woodcut by Yoshitoshi Taiso, circa 1880s.
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3012 x 4500 px | 38.8 MB
Tamaño impresión:
25.5 x 38.1 cm | 10.0 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)
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