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Also known as Lady Tomoe, Gozen Tomoe

a female samurai warrior who fought during the Genpei War from 1180 to 1185 CE

OverviewAI-generated

Tomoe Gozen was a character from Japan. She was born in 1157 and died in 1247. Her name is also associated with the category "Lady Tomoe."

The subject has been referenced by 51 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, there are five works associated with the name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 10 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Character
Country
JP

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
7

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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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tomoe Gozen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.