Tomoe Gozen
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a female samurai warrior who fought during the Genpei War from 1180 to 1185 CE
Key facts
- Leader
- Minamoto no Yoshinaka (commander)
- Died
- 1247 (aged 89 – 90)
- Occupation
- Buddhist Nun (After the Battle of Awazu)
- Allegiance
- The Minamoto clan (Specifically Minamoto no Yoshinaka)
- Years of service
- Two (1182-1184)
- Battles wars
- Battle of Awazu
- Military role occupation
- Onna-musha (Before the Battle of Awazu)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Japan
- Place of death
- Fukumitsu
- Spouse
- Minamoto no Yoshinaka
- Occupation
- onna-musha
- Languages spoken
- Late Middle Japanese
- Conflict
- Battle of Awazu
- Image
- TomoeGozenM1942.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lady Tomoe
- name in native language
- 巴御前
- date of birth
- 1157-00-00
- date of death
- 1247-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前, Japanese pronunciation: [tomo.e]) was an onna-musha, a female samurai, mentioned in The Tale of the Heike. There is doubt as to whether she existed as she does not appear in any primary accounts of the Genpei War. She supposedly served under the samurai lord Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Battle of Awazu, part of the Genpei War in the late Heian period, which led to the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
Genpei War
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