tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post3854047940223676643..comments2023-11-23T22:52:59.636-10:00Comments on Shogun-ki: Defenders, Victims, Avengers: Turnbull's "Samurai Women"Kitsunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081442616773641512noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-29135702717466797232014-03-03T21:05:03.875-10:002014-03-03T21:05:03.875-10:00A good review, as someone who purchased the book. ...A good review, as someone who purchased the book. As most of Turnbull's books not related to religion it's an excellent springboard into a subject, but it shouldn't be used as a serious source. <br /><br />I know this is a late comment- a very, very late comment- but I too was rather disappointed by the lack of any mention of Ginchiyo being clan head. Even more disappointing is the Mewshujihttp://mewshuji.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-30545065621262033392011-01-07T02:54:45.547-10:002011-01-07T02:54:45.547-10:00Ain't that the everlovin' truth. Thankfull...Ain't that the everlovin' truth. Thankfully the weird wild wave of historical buffoonery that swamped the NINjA Hangout has receded from the world of logic.Tatsunoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599103938584456508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-50636758268098144052011-01-04T15:29:25.705-10:002011-01-04T15:29:25.705-10:00its funny he mention's Tsuruhime finally ,I e ...its funny he mention's Tsuruhime finally ,I e mailed him over 10 years ago after i saw the film Tsuruhime Denki and asked him if he knew about the Shrine Maiden that fought against Sui Harukata and he told me ,he had never heard of her .<br /><br />Well guess he has by now ,<br />Anyway errors and all ,its still good to have a book on this subject though i know two readers who will be 100% Wicked Iemonhttp://www.samurai-archives.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-11108845735984968882010-11-24T20:25:17.008-10:002010-11-24T20:25:17.008-10:00Turnbull's careless errors are beyond sloppy. ...Turnbull's careless errors are beyond sloppy. Gracia's husband Hosokawa Tadaoki (b.1563) was the same age as Gracia and he outlived her for four decades. Without checking names or birth dates, he refers to Gracia's father Akechi Mitsuhide as her husband. Secondly, Turnbull mistakes Tadaoki for his own father Fujitaka (who took the name Yusai when he became a monk after Nobunaga'sCarmen Sterbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931961425684014587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-65151333336177875672010-11-20T22:14:52.953-10:002010-11-20T22:14:52.953-10:00Usually it was a male subordinate who was left in ...Usually it was a male subordinate who was left in charge of a castle, but especially in the case of vassals of lower rank who might have lacked a qualified subordinate who they could fully trust (either skill-wise or loyalty-wise), it made more sense for them to put their wives in charge-they were already responsible for monitoring much of the day to day activity.Tatsunoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599103938584456508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30516416.post-86465978476495276742010-11-20T16:54:25.235-10:002010-11-20T16:54:25.235-10:00Thanks for this thorough review! Despite the many ...Thanks for this thorough review! Despite the many errors (some of which should be truly embarrassing!), it does seem that this book includes a fair bit of interesting "new" material. (New not in the sense that it is new to scholarship, but news to me.)<br /><br />I hadn't realized that there were any examples of women fighting at all, really, let alone a female daimyo. I suppose it Toranosuke Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572571651646607355noreply@blogger.com