#woman warrior
Portrait of a purported onna-bugeisha found amongst a series of actor and kabuki photographs.
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“Miyagino the filial”, (1847/1848 ?), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Print from the series “Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge”.
Depicts one of the two sisters who avenged their father during the 17th century. Their story inspired the kabuki play “Go Taiheiki shiraishi banashi” for instance.
Here the older sister, Miyagino, is represented carrying both a naginata and a sake cup.
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“Kiyoshi Hikariin” (1876), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)
Print from the series “Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties”
The princess Kiyoshi Hikariin draws her sword in order to avenge herself. The folding screen behind her is decorated with the mon (crest) of the powerful Tokugawa family, who ruled the shogunate during the Edo period.
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This armor is attributed to Ohori Tsuruhime (1526 (?)-1543 (?)) a miko (priestess) of the Oyamazumi shrine on Omishima island. As the daughter of the head-priest, she took command when he died of illness. In 1541 she led troops during two naval battles in order to repel invaders.
And it is nice to see some realistic female-armor. Of course, no boob-plate.
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Ukrainians will understand…
December 2021
Agnieszka: Join the army? What, me? Are you crazy?
February 2022
Agnieszka: Give me that Javelin!
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Playing around with things in Photoshop. New original character because I totally needed another one…
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Xania now regrets all the teasing and realises she may have pushed Melissa too far. As the winner Melissa now gets to wear the crown for the day. As queen she also decides a rather strange punishment for Xania.
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In a land ruled by women warriors in denim shorts, Queen Xania challenges Melissa once again to cross swords. This was for Melissa’s training but Xania’s constant taunts and teasing were not going to go well for her. Second part coming!
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This is, according to Wikipedia, a replica of the armor that would have been worn by Tachibana Ginchiyo (1569-1602). Ginchiyo was for a time the head of her clan during the Sengoku period.
Here are some extracts from her wikipediapage:
“She led the clan in a period of difficulty at only 6 years old. She inherited her father’s all interest such as the status of castellan, territory, belongings and the famous sword Raikiri (雷切, Lightning Cutter). She recruited women to become her elite guard and trained all the maidens of the castle in warfare skills to intimidate visitors and to prevent it if other clans attack her domain.
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In 1592 Hideyoshi ordered that Tachibana Muneshige and Tachibana Naotsugu participate of the Invasion to the Korea under the command of Kobayakawa Takakage. Hideyoshi built Nagoya castle as a base to launch attacks on Korea. The castle was relatively close to Ginchiyo’s residence in Hizen Province, it is said that Hideyoshi invited Ginchiyo to visit the castle several times when her husband was away. However, when Hideyoshi saw Ginchiyo with her armed women, he left fearing her personality.”
Well, she was badass.
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