Did women in Japan have power in ancient and/or classical period

Question 1: Did women in Japan have power in ancient and/or classical period? Why or why not? How did that power manifest in their hands (or, alternately in the hands of others)? Explain your response. OR Question 2 Japan had an elite military class that did not exist...

Did women in Japan have power in ancient and/or classical period

Question 1: Did women in Japan have power in ancient and/or classical period? Why or why not? How did that power manifest in their hands (or, alternately in the hands of others)? Explain your response. OR Question 2 Japan had an elite military class that did not exist...