samurai69The samurai, who abided by a code of honor and discip known as bushido, were provincial warriors in feudal Japan before rising to power in the 12th century.Tomoe Gozen (1157?-1247?) was an onna-bugeisha (, female martial artist) who served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War (1180-1185). Before the samurai became a formalized caste in the Edo Period (1603-1868),