audiobook Otto Abetz and His Paris Acolytes: French Writers Who Flirted with Fascism; 1930–1945 by Martin Mauthner in History

Description

Ever since the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin; tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history. Using material that has never been translated into English before; this book presents the story of Japan's female warriors for the first time; revealing the role of the women of the samurai class in all their many manifestations; investigating their weapons; equipment; roles; training and belief systems. Crucially; as well as describing the women who were warriors in their own right; like Hauri Tsuruhime and the women of Aizu; this book also looks at occasions when women became the power behind the throne; ruling and warring through the men around them.