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fromArtnet News
2 weeks ago

British Museum's 'Samurai' Show Reveals the Untold Story of Women Warriors

Samurai identity evolved from 12th-century warriors into an elite bureaucratic class, with half being women after 1615 who held status but rarely fought.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Half of Japan's samurai were women, groundbreaking exhibition at British Museum says

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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