Fujishiro Gozen

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Fujishiro Gozen (藤代御前) was an Onna-musha from the late-Sengoku period. She lived in Mutsu province. When her husband died in battle against Tsugaru clan, she was young and had only one son. She became a female lord and defended her small castle called Fujishiro-kan (藤代館) to raise her son.

According to "Fujishiro Village History", the governess of this palace, Fujishiro Gozen, was a rare hero who took up her weapons, attacked with her family and died at the end of the bloody battle. For her courageous actions, she received the name ''Gozen'', a Japanese term that means "young lady" and generally applied to women of the warrior class.^[1]