Post by Yagyu Jubei Takemori on Mar 10, 2010 11:49:11 GMT -5
Yes they happened!
"Warrior wives, especially, were sometimes trained in martial arts... ...with which they were expected to defend their homes and domains if their husbands were off fighting elsewhere"
"Tomoe Gozen (late 12th Century) One of the best known female warriors of the 12th century and favored concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka. Tomoe Gozen fought alonside her male counterparts in the Gempei War"
Shizuka Gozen, mistress to Minamoto no Yoshitsune, is noted as a "Hero of the Gempei war" but it is not listed as how.
Source: Handbook to Life in Medival and Early Modern Japan
"Warrior wives, especially, were sometimes trained in martial arts... ...with which they were expected to defend their homes and domains if their husbands were off fighting elsewhere"
"Tomoe Gozen (late 12th Century) One of the best known female warriors of the 12th century and favored concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka. Tomoe Gozen fought alonside her male counterparts in the Gempei War"
Shizuka Gozen, mistress to Minamoto no Yoshitsune, is noted as a "Hero of the Gempei war" but it is not listed as how.
Source: Handbook to Life in Medival and Early Modern Japan