onna-musha: “Beauties with swords” (1865), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)Kabuki actors i
onna-musha: “Beauties with swords” (1865), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)Kabuki actors impersonating young women holding weapons. Though kabuki was created by a 17th century woman, Izumo no Okuni, women were gradually banned from the stage, until men completely replaced them. -- source link