Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on the battlefield. In this documentary, we explore their role in feudal ...

She is one of the first and most legendary warrior women in the centuries samurai ruled Japan. Photograph Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914.

Female samurai had varying experiences with combat and their roles were dependent on the place. Combat Training. During the Edo period, women who belonged to the samurai class were required to ...

Women Were Some of the Fiercest Samurai Warriors Ever. In ancient Japan, battle was typically reserved for male samurai. That all changed when Takeko Nakano and her sister, ...

We interviewed two prominent figures involved in the historical development of the game Assassin's Creed Shadows. Read on to ...

Tomoe Gozen: Elite samurai. Most of Japan’s stoic, highly disciplined samurai warriors were men, yet one of the most famous was a woman. The story of Tomoe Gozen (Lady Tomoe) is known primarily ...

Following the critical and commercial success of "Ghost of Tsushima," a video game centered on the Mongol invasions of Japan, Sucker Punch Productions has announced a follow-up: "Ghost of Yotei." Set ...