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	Yama Kaminari - Tomoe Gozen
		Tomoe Gozen was a samurai serving Minamoto Yoshinaka at the end of the 12th century.
		Tomoe Gozen was the daughter of Gon no Kami Nakahara Kaneto and she had the reputation of being a very beautiful as well as undaunted woman.
		The the Tomoe Gozen retired as a nun to the monastery of Tomomatsu in Echizen.
	www.yamakaminari.com /Projects/Tomoe_Gozen/tomoe_gozen.html (276 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tomoe Ame
		As a kitten, she was trained by her father out of admiration for her extraordinary skill with the katana and she fulfilled that hope as she excelled with the weapon.
		Tomoe Ame's name is unusual in that it is the only one in the series that is given name first-family name last.
		Tomoe is one of the most popular characters with fans of the book with many requesting she and Usagi become romantically involved.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tomoe_Ame (818 words)

	Tomoe Gozen - Female Samurai
		Tomoe Gozen was a high level female samurai in the time of the Gempei War - around 1000 AD.
		Tomoe Gozen served under Minamoto Yoshinaka, a high level lord of the Minamoto clan.
		Tomoe was also said to have been quite lovely, with long hair and fine features.
	www.lisashea.com /japan/articles/tomoe.html (220 words)

	Tomoe Gozen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Depending on the source, Tomoe Gozen was either the wife, concubine (mistress), or female attendant of prominent daimyo Minamoto no Yoshinaka.
		Tomoe as portrayed by Eiko Koike in NHK's 2005 drama, Yoshitsune.
		In the 2005 NHK taiga drama Yoshitsune, Tomoe Gozen was one of the main characters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomoe_Gozen (734 words)

	TOMOE GOZEN
		Tomoe was especially beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and charming features, usually equipped with strong armor, a naginata and a mighty bow.
		Tomoe was one of the last five of the Kiso standing at the tail end of the Battle of Awazu, and that Yoshinaka, knowing that death was near, urged her to flee.
		Some have written that Tomoe in fact died in battle with her husband, while others assert that she survived and became a nun.
	www.geocities.com /kai4nihon/Sengoku/TomoeGozen.html (438 words)

	Tomoe Gozen
		Tomoe Gozen was famed for her beauty and skill with the Naginata (Lance).
		Some say that Tomoe Gozen stayed and died with her husband, while others state that she fled the battlefield with a severed head, but again sources vary between claiming that she took the head of an enemy soldier named Onda no Hachiro Moroshige, or that of her husband taken to keep him from capture.
		Tomoe Gozen's fate after the battle is not known, but it is thought that she retired to a Buddhist convent.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/788956 (448 words)

	Bujinkan Tomoe Gozen Dojo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swords-woman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot.
		Tomoe has not ever been proven to be an historical figure--and this was not for lack of trying.
		She has exerted a fascination upon the Japanese for hundreds of years in the startling image of a beauteous woman who was also a breaker of wild horses and the equal of any man. Tomoe is claimed by more than a few naginata traditions to be either their founder or one of their primordial teachers.
	tomoegozen.free.fr /tomoe-gozen-onna-musha.htm (478 words)

	Jessica Salmonson: Storyteller - Jitterbug Fantasia Interview
		Gozen is an honorific given especially to women of achievement.
		Sure, my characterization of Tomoe can be interpreted as bisexual, but she's not very greatly in touch with her sexuality, and when she has erotic feelings at all, these are not toward men.
		Fewer were like Tomoe who traveled with the military camp, but she was even so a model of a recurring type of woman.
	www.spookybug.com /violet/index.html (5414 words)

	Amazon.com: Tomoe Gozen: Books: Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tomoe is stricken fatally in a battle and her friend Ushii carries her off to the castle of the wizard to demand her healing.
		As a woman, Tomoe Gozen, the heroine of this tale, is an unusual samurai warrior.
		When Tomoe Gozen dies in battle, serving the great warlord to whom she is pledged, her good friend Ushii makes a deal with an evil magician: Bring her back to the land of the living and he will serve the magician, the enemy of the warlord.
	www.amazon.com /Tomoe-Gozen-Jessica-Amanda-Salmonson/dp/0441816533 (1628 words)

	woa.tv :: Samurai
		While neither Tomoe Gozen nor Itagaki has been proven to be a historical figure, they both embody the fierce determination of the women of the buke warrior class.
		Tomoe Gozen was the beautiful wife of General Kiso Yoshinaka.
		Itagaki (also known as Hangaku Gozen), famous for her skill with a bow and arrow, was from a warrior family of Echigo province.
	www.woa.tv /articles/hi_samurai.html (933 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Miyamoto Musashi and Tomoe Gozen - Samurai Warriors - A681004
		Tomoe Gozen is one of the few examples of a female samurai warrior in Japanese history.
		Yoshinaka was one of the Minamoto lords who fought against the Taira in the Gempei War, and after the Minomoto victory at Kurikawa in 1084 placed Kyoto in Minamoto hands, Yoshinaka felt that he should become the overall leader of the clan.
		A final debate surrounds the fate of Gozen after her escape, as some state that she cast herself into the sea with her husband's head, while others assert that she became a nun.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A681004 (1858 words)

	History and Government>
		She was married to Kiso (Minamoto) Yoshinaka (though the Heike Monogatari describes her as a female attendant), who rose against the Taira and in 1584 took Kyoto after winning the Battle of Kurikawa.
		She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot.
		The HM goes on to say that Tomoe was one of the last five of the Kiso standing at the tail end of the Battle of Awazu, and that Yoshinaka, knowing that death was near, urged her to flee.
	www.angelfire.com /rpg/nippon/women.html (987 words)

	UYD: About Tomoe Gozen...
		Another early shot ot Tomoe, but in color, this one I think is from the cover of a early collected edition from Fanagraphics, it had Usagi's early appearances plus a reprint of Issue 1, Volume 1...
		Tomoe as a youngster, learning at her father's school.
		One of the first looks at Tomoe's new look, this was shown in the 'recap' section in the first issue of the Dark Horse run.
	www.usagiyojimbo.com /other/tomoe/gallery.html (426 words)

	Off the Shelf—”Tomoe Gozen” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It first opens with preparations for a loyalty ceremony in which Tomoe and three of her samurai friends were to swear fealty to Lord Shigeno.
		Badly wounded in the battle, Tomoe’s friend Goro swears loyalty to a dark warlord to help revive Tomoe from the depths of Hell, but once on our plane she finds herself ensnared in an even more powerful version of the mind control that was dictated over the peasant horde.
		In a Hellish battle versus her previous Lord Shigeno, Tomoe fells her original lord and therefore disgraces herself (guilt can not be shrived by claiming “mind control” in those days), and must wander as a lordless samurai from here on.
	www.legendsmagazine.net /141/tomoe.htm (476 words)

	Karate
		The most famous of these women warriors are Tomoe Gozen and Hangaku.
		Tomoe Gozen was a general of Kiso Yoshinaka, Yoritomo's first attack force.
		People have described her as "exceptionally strong and hauntingly beautiful, with pale white skin, like that of a court lady." She was the subject of many plays and poems.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/jwomensports/karate.html (571 words)

	[No title]
		Tomoe has to lend you an extra blouse, since your old one is sliced open in several places, and blood-stained.
		Tomoe seems satisfied with your answers, and hardly mentions your immortality during the rest of the time you spend with her.
		Tomoe's repressed pain, anger, and sorrow now seem to be literally consuming her from within, and Katsumi has been able to do nothing to prevent it, despite her increasingly desperate efforts to get Tomoe to open up to her.
	www.amadan.org /HDR/archives/KATSUMI4.TXT (8649 words)

	Women Warriors of Japan, part 1
		In the Heike Monogatari, Tomoe Gozen appears as a general in the troops of Kiso Yoshinaka, Yoritomo's first attack force.
		However, Tomoe has not ever been proven to be an historical figure--and this was not for lack of trying.
		The second famous woman warrior is Hangaku Gozen, daughter of the Jo, a warrior family of Echigo province.
	www.koryu.com /Library/wwj1.html (1192 words)

	Tomoe Gozen pulling the ear of Nagase Hangan in the presence of Tezuka Taro Mitsumori, Kiso Yoshinaka and Yamabuki ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tomoe Gozen pulling the ear of Nagase Hangan in the presence of Tezuka Taro Mitsumori, Kiso Yoshinaka and Yamabuki Gozen: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, b.1798, d.1861): From the collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
		Tomoe Gozen pulling the ear of Nagase Hangan in the presence of Tezuka Taro Mitsumori, Kiso Yoshinaka and Yamabuki Gozen
		The ear puller is Tomoe Gozen, a 12th century female samurai warrior who was known for her great beauty and extraordinary strength.
	www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz /GalleryOnline/RECORDS/R0000574.HTM (148 words)

	Usagi Yojimbo Dojo - Ame Tomoe
		Visit the Tomoe Ame WebSite for more information about her and the famous Tomoe Gozen on which this character is based.
		Tomoe Ame was trained in the Falling Rain school of swordsmanship, founded by her father.
		She has been responsible for helping to foil several plots against her lord, including the The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Chapter 1 where she led the forces of Lord Tamakuro on a merry chase within his own castle stronghold.
	www.usagiyojimbo.com /characters/tomoe.html (233 words)

	All About Symbian - Software - Tomoe Massacre at Shinano
		Kiso Yoshinaka, a powerful Genji lord, responds to the call of the late prince mochihito to raise arms against the Heike, and heads north, towards the mountains.
		Yoshinaka''s most trusted warrior, a woman that goes by the name of Tomoe, is left with a handful of defenders at the castle.
		Informed of this weakness the Heike dispatch forces, and clash with the defenders headed by Tomoe.
	www.allaboutsymbian.com /software/item/Tomoe__Massacre_at_Shinano.php (267 words)

	Paperback Reader : Review of Usagi Yojimbo #83 by Colin Solan
		She is based on a real person, Tomoe Gozen, a famous Japanese warrior from the 12th century.
		Because she is a woman, Tomoe must work harder to gain the respect of her fellow samurai while walking a fine line to ensure that she does not act in a manner thought to be unbecoming.
		While Tomoe has some prestige based on the reputation of her family and her skill with the sword, her position as chief retainer to a powerful daimyo speaks volumes towards her abilities while still making her a target for potential rivals
	www.paperbackreader.com /review.php?ReviewID=623 (408 words)

	The Disfavored Hero, Jessica Amanda Salmonson
		Our Tomoe Gozen lives in Naipon, a universe parallel to Japan, where one encounters the full spectrum of beauty and violence-experiencing firsthand the pathos of all things, and where "occult happenings were the meat of everyday life".
		Originally titled "Tomoe Gozen" by ACE paperbacks, this is the restored and definitive edition of The Disfavored Hero with corrections by the author.
		Jessica wrote the Tomoe Gozen Saga after years of research and attending, with her close friend Wendy Wees, a nearly unbelievable number of Samurai movies-four every week for a decade.
	www.pacificwarriors.com /catalog/tgs1.html (488 words)

	Judo Book Review - Tomoenage
		His experience of teaching in the West as well as Japan makes him uniquely suited for his task, and the result is likely to be a classic of judo literature.
		It can also be noted that one of the great heroines in classical Japanese literature was Tomoe Gozen.
		In the 12th century tale Heike Monogatari, which was based on history, Tomoe was the mistress of Yoshinaka Minamoto but so powerful that, it was said, she could face ten men and win.
	www.bestjudo.com /brtomoenage.shtml (463 words)

	Shi The Illustrated Warrior #4: Comics: Crusade Fine Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tomoe grinned back at her in that know-it-all way she had.
		Tomoe's words were more true than she could imagine.
		Peter smiled at Ana, and told Tomoe he was glad to have met her.
	www.crusadefinearts.com /comics/illustratedwarrior04.html (570 words)

	House Morrigan - Women Warriors in Antiquity
		Heroic samurai women appear in epics of the period; chief among these is Tomoe Gozen.
		Tomoe Gozen was the wife of Minamoto Yoshinaka, a samurai at war with Minamoto Yoshitsune.
		Tomoe Gozen insisted on remaining to face defeat with her husband, saying, "I want to fight the last glorious fight in front of you." The 'Heike Monogatori' records that, facing a powerful enemy, she "flung herself upon Onda, and, grappling with him, dragged him from his horse...
	nondescript.net /morrigan/wmnant.html (938 words)

	Naming your game - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tomoe : Sword Maide means something like 'Tomoe is a virging'.
		Sword Maiden could be misconstrued as Tomoe: lady of the lake, or Tomoe: the flsmiths daughter, or Tomoe: she cant fight cause shes carrying too many bloody swords.
		The first level is at the castle itself, and next levels are spread on the road to his army camp.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/ViewReply.asp?id=1608389 (472 words)

	War2
		Tomoe Gozen is an example of a true woman warrior in medieval Japanese history.
		While countless other women were at times forced to take up arms in defense of their homes, Tomoe seems to have been a true warrior.
		Some have written that Tomoe died in battle with her husband.
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/japan/War/War2.html (1449 words)

	THE SWORDSWOMAN (by the author of The Tomoe Gozen Saga) - Jessica Amanda Salmonson
		THE SWORDSWOMAN (by the author of The Tomoe Gozen Saga) - Jessica Amanda Salmonson
		THE SWORDSWOMAN (by the author of The Tomoe Gozen Saga) by Salmonson, Jessica Amanda
		tomoe gozen; japanese fantasy; swords; collectible; supernatural literature;.
	www.biblio.com /books/9614871.html (253 words)

	Famous Women of Japanese History
		Man's time on earth is finite, and thus the lady's life drew to a close at last, midway through the Second Month in the second year of Kenkyû."
		Tomoe Gozen provides one of the few examples of a true woman warrior in early to early modern Japanese history.
		She was married to Kiso (Minamoto) Yoshinaka (though the Heike Monogatari describes her as a female attendant), who rose against the Taira and in 1184 took Kyoto after winning the Battle of Kurikawa.
	www.samurai-archives.com /women.html (1617 words)

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