Lady Hangaku (坂額御前 Hangaku Gozen?) was a female warrior samurai, one of the relatively few Japanese warrior women commonly known in history or classical literature. An was a female of the buke class in feudal Japan who was trained in the use of weapons She lived during the end of the Heian and the beginning of the Kamakura periods. The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura Shogun Her other names include Itagaki (板額、飯角). Daughter of a warrior named Jō Sukekuni (城資国), she was sister of Sukenaga and Sukemoto (or Nagamochi).
The Jō were warriors, allies of the Taira clan, in Echigo Province (present-day Niigata Prefecture). For other uses of the word Taira see Taira (disambiguation The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side northernmost part of the Hokurikudō (北陸道）circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located on Honshū Island on the coast of the They were defeated in the Genpei Wars, and lost most of their power. The ( 1180 &ndash 1185) were a Conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans and in late- Heian period Japan. In 1201, together with her nephew Jō Sukemori, she raised an army in response to Sukemoto's attempt (the Kennin Uprising) to overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate. The Kamakura shogunate ( Japanese: 鎌倉幕府 Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship in Japan headed by the Shoguns from Hangaku and Sukenaga took a defensive position at a fort at Torisakayama under attack from Sasaki Moritsuna. Hangaku commanded 3,000 soldiers to defend against an army of 10,000 soldiers loyal to the Hōjō clan. See the Late Hōjō clan for the Hōjō clan of the Sengoku Period. Ultimately she was wounded by an arrow and captured; the defenses then collapsed. Hangaku was taken to Kamakura. is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. When she was presented to the shogun Minamoto no Yoriie, she met Asari Yoshitō, a warrior of the Kai Genji, who received the shogun's permission to marry her. is a military rank and historical title in Japan. The Japanese word for "general" it is made up of two Kanji words sho, meaning "commander" Minamoto no Yoriie 源頼家 ( September 11, 1182 &ndash August 14, 1204) was the second Shogun (1202 &ndash 1203 of the was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not They lived in Kai, where she is said to have had one daughter.
Japanese culture
Hangaku appears in the Azuma Kagami[1]. The, or "mirror of the east" is a Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate, from Minamoto no Yoritomo 's rebellion agaist the Heike
Hangaku is said to have been exceedingly strong and beautiful, and to have wielded a naginata in battle. Naginata (なぎなた 薙刀 is a Pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the Samurai class Many storytellers and printmakers have portrayed her in their works, including Kuniyoshi, who produced a series of warrior women prints. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese 歌川国芳 ( 1797 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese Ukiyo-e style This series also included such historical or literary figures as Tomoe Gozen, Shizuka Gozen, and Hōjō Masako. ( 1157 ?– 1247 ? was one of the few examples of a true female warrior samurai in all of Japanese history. Shizuka Gozen (静御前 (1165 &ndash 1211 or Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature was a Shirabyōshi Hōjō Masako (ja 北条 政子 1156 &ndash 1225 was the eldest child of Hōjō Tokimasa by his wife Hōjō no
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