Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology
Appearance and dress
The roles of the samurai woman in peacetime
The samurai woman in times of war
The samurai woman on the battlefield
Collecting
Museums
Re-enactment
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Promotional Information

Using material never before translated into English, this is the untold story of the women of the samurai class in all its many manifestations.

About the Author

Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world’s leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books.

Giuseppe Rava is a leading military history artist. Entirely self-taught, he is inspired by Detaille, Meissonier, Rochling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.

Reviews

"Japan has a rich history of female warriors beginning with the Empress Jingo-Kogo who led an invasion of Korea while pregnant. This book reveals the story of these Samurai women using material that's been translated into English for the first time. The author also examines their more modern roles as wives, mothers and daughters showing how women were often the driving force behind the throne." --www.mataka.org (November 2010) "An excellent book on [a] subject ... about which few have written in any language. A book I know you will enjoy reading as much as did I." --Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness