Return to the world of samurai and learn about the women warriors who defended homes and created long-lasting legacies.

The elite samurai remain in leadership, wielding power behind the “restored” emperor despite a revolution against the shogun. Era 7 (1750-1914), Standard 3 ... Patricia Tsurumi’s book Factory Girls: ...

Fashioning the Self assesses the emergence of a new Japanese identity as a non-white, modern nation-state, and considers the changing gender roles of the period, the end of samurai status, the ...

Now we jump forward to 1879, the 12th year of the Meiji Era, where Western influence ... try to take advantage of a young woman named Toki. A lone samurai steps out of the crowd and prepares ...