page_title: Tomoe Gozen
hierarchical_section_title: Tomoe Gozen
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 絹本著色 『巴御前出陣図』
context_page_description: Tomoe Gozen was a late twelfth-century Japanese onna-bugeisha warrior and military leader. She served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. Her family had strong affiliations with Yoshinaka. Her father, Nakahara Kanetō was a strong supporter of Yoshinaka and also his foster father, who raised him since he was two. Her mother was Yoshinaka's wet nurse. Two of her elder brothers also served Yoshinaka as generals. She is best known for her participation in the Battle of Awazu in 1184.
  Due to her fierce determination as a warrior, she influenced several generations of samurai. Tomoe is often celebrated in books, music, poems, films, historical novels and popular culture in general.
context_section_description: Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前 [tomo.e], c. 1157 – c. 1247) was a late twelfth-century Japanese onna-bugeisha warrior and military leader. She served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. Her family had strong affiliations with Yoshinaka. Her father, Nakahara Kanetō was a strong supporter of Yoshinaka and also his foster father, who raised him since he was two. Her mother was Yoshinaka's wet nurse. Two of her elder brothers also served Yoshinaka as generals. She is best known for her participation in the Battle of Awazu in 1184. 
  Due to her fierce determination as a warrior, she influenced several generations of samurai. Tomoe is often celebrated in books, music, poems, films, historical novels and popular culture in general.
caption: Tomoe Gozen, a drawing by Shitomi Kangetsu (1747–1797)
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000", "Image DateTime": "2009:10:27 16:44:42", "Image ExifOffset": "2254", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "1/0", "Thumbnail YResolution": "1/0", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "4508", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "1702", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1453", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3040", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "88714E385D9844C481C87EF134E4417A", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}