Evening ninjas
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Mochizuki Chiyome, a Samurai class woman from the Sengoku Period of history (1467-1600). Chiyome was a direct descendant of Mochizuki Izumo-No-Kami and her husband, Mochizuki Moritoki, was killed in the 4th Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. Moritoki was a nephew of Takeda Shingen, a powerful daimyo (lord), and after being widowed, Takeda Shingen cared for and enlisted Chiyome to recruit a network of female spies and agents to gather information.
Chiyome set up her operation in Nezu, which is now the city of Tomi in Nagano. She recruited prostitutes, orphans, victims of the ongoing Warring States civil war, and lost and abandoned girls. These women were trained in espionage and to be assassins. They would seduce potential enemies or rival warlords, and extricate their secrets from them. The story has between 200 and 300 women joining in Chiyome’s underground army of female ninja the Kunoichi.