Now that you’ve read about Oda Nobunaga, learn about the Onna-Bugeisha, Japan’s fierce female samurai. Next, discover the story Miyamoto Musashi, the Edo-era samurai famous for fighting with a ...

As much as popular samurai movies and TV dramas strive to get their facts straight, portrayals of a coup against feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) by one of his subordinates at Honnoji temple ...