Onna-musha - Wikipedia
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [3] [4] many of them fought in …
Onna harakiri: sange (Video 1989) - IMDb
Onna harakiri: sange: With Yuuri Sunohara. About a woman who worked in the military and commits seppuku. The first of six films in Yuuri Sunoharas V-Cinemaseries.
Onna harakiri: seisan (Video 1990) - IMDb
Onna harakiri: seisan: With Yuuri Sunohara.
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri - Letterboxd
With a soundtrack by the director himself, this intense and ultra-gory seppuku film shows a young woman taking her own life by an act of ritual harakiri. Directed by Masami Akita,who is also one of Japan's leading noise musicians under the name Merzbow.
Harakiri (1962 film) - Wikipedia
Harakiri (切腹, Seppuku[2]) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The story takes place between 1619 and 1630 during the Edo period and the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Myorin - Wikipedia
Myōrin (妙林) or Yoshioka Myorin-ni (吉岡妙林尼) was a late-Sengoku period female warlord onna-musha. She was the wife of Yoshioka Akioki a samurai warlord, and served Otomo clan in Bungo. She was the heroic woman who defended the Otomo clan in the Kyūshū campaign against Shimazu's army.
Legendary Tales of Japan’s Fierce Woman Warriors - The Vintage …
Dec 7, 2017 · The onna bugeisha was, as the term virtually translates to, a woman warrior. They did exist, and some of them had an excellent talent with the sword, as much as, if not more than their male counterparts had.
White Clothing: Harakiri (Video 1990) - IMDb
A collection of the ritualistic act of disembowelment called hara-kiri. While hara-kiri refers to the act of disemboweling one's self, seppuku refers to the ritual and usually would involve decapitation after the act as a sign of mercy.
Women warriors were not a rarity in feudal Japan. The onna-musha ( 女武者) lived within a warring culture and with traditions of acquiring indispensable skills in martial arts, archery, and horse riding.
'Secret teachings' about ritual Samurai beheading revealed in …
Oct 1, 2024 · Four texts that discuss how the samurai carried out Seppuku, a ritual death in which a fellow samurai would usually behead another, have been translated into English for the first time.