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Apr. 17th, 2014 02:52 pm
Tenchu ~Yami no Shiokinin~: Drama Notes
Here are some notes from the drama, Tenchu ~Yami no Shiokinin~:
Female Ninja or Shinobi. There are legends and tales of female shinobi or "kunoichi" during the Warring States (Sengoku) Period, most particularly that of Mochizuki Chiyome (frankly, it may have an entry in wiki but it does not mean it's confirmed so basically I treat these as just legends). Mochizuki is said to be a "Japanese noblewoman of the 16th century who was credited with creating an all-female group of ninja". Legend has it that she recruited girls who were orphaned in the wars during the Sengoku Period, and were secretly trained to "become highly efficient information gatherers and verifiers, seductresses, messengers and when necessary, assassins. (...) Eventually, Chiyome and her kunoichi had set up an extensive network of some 200-300 agents that served the Takeda clan."
(Info: wiki1, wiki2)
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Female Ninja or Shinobi. There are legends and tales of female shinobi or "kunoichi" during the Warring States (Sengoku) Period, most particularly that of Mochizuki Chiyome (frankly, it may have an entry in wiki but it does not mean it's confirmed so basically I treat these as just legends). Mochizuki is said to be a "Japanese noblewoman of the 16th century who was credited with creating an all-female group of ninja". Legend has it that she recruited girls who were orphaned in the wars during the Sengoku Period, and were secretly trained to "become highly efficient information gatherers and verifiers, seductresses, messengers and when necessary, assassins. (...) Eventually, Chiyome and her kunoichi had set up an extensive network of some 200-300 agents that served the Takeda clan."
(Info: wiki1, wiki2)
( Read more... )
