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**loan4younow** · 10-01-2006, 07:00 AM

Good point on class. For some reason I forgot that being a samurai was being a part of a class and that it extended to their families. So yes, techinically there were female samurai (retract last statement, partially). And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, they did not go off to fight but stayed at home.

In terms of class it would be a Samurai family. The wife would not be called a Samurai.

And in a few cases women did fight. The revolt I mentioned above was real. The women fought with naginatas against government troops. They joined their own Samurai in open revolt.

Women in battle have been documented although they are rare. Jean of Arc is probably the most famous...then theres Mulan.

In real life, you could take the example of the russian army, whose women fought alongside the men with the same respect and distinction.

10-01-2006, 07:00 AM	#10
loan4younow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Good point on class. For some reason I forgot that being a samurai was being a part of a class and that it extended to their families. So yes, techinically there were female samurai (retract last statement, partially). And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, they did not go off to fight but stayed at home. In terms of class it would be a Samurai family. The wife would not be called a Samurai. And in a few cases women did fight. The revolt I mentioned above was real. The women fought with naginatas against government troops. They joined their own Samurai in open revolt. Women in battle have been documented although they are rare. Jean of Arc is probably the most famous...then theres Mulan. In real life, you could take the example of the russian army, whose women fought alongside the men with the same respect and distinction.
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