Material culture Quiz #2

Woman in armor

is part of upper class

Woman’s Armor has

symbols of clan/family

Women could also fight only:

if husband is not there

Women could also fight only:(2)

castle comes under siege

Total war

a type of warfare where all society participates in war 

Naginata

weapon associated with women, not to be able to stab an enemy but to cut

Women could train with

brothers

Tomoe Gozen

famous female samurai during Kamakura period

Tomoe Gozen(2)

Viewed as a female companion to high-ranking general of the Minamoto clan

Tomoe Gozen(3)

referred as “warrior wife”

Hojo Masako

nun shogun

Hojo Masako(2)

wife of Minamoto No Yoritomo, first shogun

shogun

military dictator

Onnamusha

female warriors

After Minamoto dies

Hojo shaves head to become a monk

Kills own son and replaces him with second son(who she also kills and puts her brother in power)

Hojo Masako(3)

Hojo Masako’s being the shogun’s wife

give her power in society

Hojo Masako is NOT

a formal samurai

child of Muslim parents, second of Mohammed’s 11 wives

A’isha

She and other wives were

secluded and veiled

They had to hide from

guests of Muhammad 

Wear clothing to hide from

male gaze