Samurai women with Naginata

Here's a couple of ukiyo-e prints with #samurai #women wielding #naginatas

Women Samurai at the Battle of Kagoshima rebelling against the Meiji regime.

Posed as this looks the artist may have actually been there as its by Chikanobu Toyohara who was one of the samurai rebels before he became a print artist!

Finally for contrast a photo 

yes it is one of those staged photos said to tourists but still useful !