Ohori Tsuruhime

**Tsuruhime** was a Sengoku period female warrior. **At the age of 15**, she assumed leadership of Omishima's defense against the threat of the invading Ouchi military. "Trained since childhood in the martial arts...she took charge of the military resistance" According to legend, she committed suicide by drowning due to grief for her beloved. Her last words were: *"As Mishima's ocean as my witness, my love shall be engraved with my name."* Tsuruhime's legacy established her as one of the most recognizable female warriors in Japanese history.