Tomoe Gozen
The image of samurai women continues to be impactful in martial arts, historical novels, books and popular culture in general. Like the kunoichis (female ninja) and Geishas, the onna-musha's conduct is seen as the ideal of a Japanese women in movies, animations and TV series. In western, the onna-musha gained popularity when the historical documentary "Samurai Warrior Queens" aired on the Smithsonian Channel. Several other channels reprised the documentary. The 56th NHK taiga drama, it was the first NHK drama where the female protagonist is the head of a samurai clan. The 52nd NHK taiga drama, Yae no Sakura focuses on Niijima Yae, a woman warrior who fought in Boshin War, this drama portrays Nakano Takeko, Matsudaira Teru and others onna-musha. Another taiga dramas that portrays the famous onna-musha Tomoe Gozen is Yoshitsune (TV series), broadcast in 2005.