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samurai69Exploring the History, Training, and Cultural Legacy of Japan’s Warrior Class. The image of the samurai, clad in polished armor and wielding a razor-sharp katana, is one ofTomoe Gozen (1157?-1247?) was an onna-bugeisha (, female martial artist) who served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War (1180-1185). Before the samurai became a formalized caste in the Edo Period (1603-1868),