We're so used to "hero stories" and main characters that we're oblivious to this.

*) let's be honest, this is true for the stories we tell today.

@drchaos @ahltorp @gerrymcgovern

But then there is the issue of what type of military education and engagement samurai women had, and there I think there are internal Japanese problems in the historical records, based on misogyny.

But also, ”samurai” were two very different things before and after 1600.

Look at the original post and consider whether that usage of ‘samurai’ fits with the other four examples given.

It’s a shameless motte-and-bailey, clickbait-and-switch, underhanded tactic by The Independent.

During the whole Edo period, I would say most samurai focus was on ”appropriate behaviour, etiquette and the right cultural preparation”, regardless of sex. But I’m prepared to be challenged by the course I’m starting tomorrow in Edo era history.

For the same reason, there's a note currently on Wikipedia's "Homosexuality in Japan" page saying, "This article is missing information about female homosexuality in historical Japan."

@gerrymcgovern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sc%C3%A1thach

I’m quite sure this happens again and again and again. Because that’s the nature of dominance hierarchy behaviour.

Co-operative people, egalitarian people, build. Then the dominators show up and pretend like they built it.

My favorite female warrior was Boudica, and her tale is rooted in the wisdom of never pissing off an angry mother.

An accurate and also more useful way to say this would have been "the Japanese fascists wrote women out of their history to build up a warrior myth to justify imperial atrocities."