Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nakano Takeko was a 21-year-old female samurai who came to lead a battalion of women against the Emperor of Japan’s Imperial Army, ...

Nakano Takeko lived during the violent final years of Japan’s samurai age, a period where the old warrior world collided with the modernizing forces of the Meiji Restoration. Trained in martial arts ...

Special guest dancer/performer, Popra Nakayama, will appear as a Female Samurai (Onna-Bugeisha), Nakano Takeko, in a production of "Women Who've Made a Difference" presented by the Bronx ...

The legends of the Samurai seem to be an all-male affair; but contrary to popular belief, Samurai women stood their ground in countless battles and castle sieges. The drama documentary tells the true ...

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Nakano Takeko was a 21-year-old female samurai who came to lead a battalion of women against the Emperor of Japan’s Imperial Army, 150 years ago. We talk about her story in the latest “Shoot This Now” ...