Japan

<n>Samurai with two swords, Japan</n>, a hand-colored photo from the 1860s via <n>Mary Evans Picture Library</n>.

<n>Kuzunoha</n> (1928) by artist <n>Yamakawa Shūhō</n>.

A photograph of two <n>Female samurai warriors</n>, c. 1880.

A hand-colored photograph of an <n>Onna-Bugeisha</n>, a female warrior from feudal Japan, circa 1880s.

A hand-colored albumen print of a Japanese woman, circa 1875, by <n>Raimund von Stillfried</n>.

A <n>Sōhei</n> warrior monk with a <n>naginata</n>, photographed by <n>K. Ogawa</n> for the 1895 book <n>Military Costumes in Old Japan</n>.

Kabuki actor <n>Rokō Segawa VI</n> as the female warrior <n>Tomoe Gozen</n> in a 1851 print by <n>Utagawa Kunisada</n>.

A portrait of an <n>Aizu samurai</n> from the 1860s.

<n>Maikos</n> in <n>Kyoto</n>, Japan, during the <n>Taishō period</n>.

A portrait featuring an <n>Okoso Zukin</n> head covering. Photo by <n>Bob Landry</n>.

Butoh dancer <n>Kazuo Ohno</n> photographed by <n>Charlie Engman</n> for <n>Purple Magazine</n>.

<n>Picture of the Upper Class</n> (c. 1802) by <n>Kitagawa Utamaro</n>, from the series <n>Three Types of Women's Physiognomy</n>.

The <n>Butoh</n> dance company <n>Sankai Juku</n> in a performance of <n>KŌSA – between two mirrors</n> by <n>Ushio Amagatsu</n>.

Let women and the world into kabuki and watch it flourish

A <n>Ukiyo-e</n> style illustration of <n>Batman</n> by <n>Ichiraku Studio</n>.