A groundbreaking new exhibition at the British Museum reveals the untold history of Japan’s Samurai class, including the fact that half of them were women. Samurai is the first exhibition to explore ...
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Why this female Japanese samurai asked for beheading after being shot
In 1868, Japan was tearing itself apart during the Boshin War as imperial forces fought supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the Aizu domain, a young woman named Nakano Takeko refused to stay ...
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