Episode 37 - Women Warriors
History of Japan
English - January 18, 2014 12:00 - 23 minutes - 9.29 MB - ★★★★★ - 597 ratingsHistory history japan japanese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 36 - The Great War
Next Episode: Episode 38 - Japan's Christian Century, Part 1
This week, we'll be tackling an oft-requested topic; women warriors in the samurai class. Contrary to what you might think, women were actually very active in the roughly 800 years that make up the dominant time of the samurai class. Today, we'll be discussing just a few of them and learning about their accomplishments during Japan's war-torn past.