"Hōjō Masako, the legendary 'Nun Shogun' of Kamakura, stands on the steps of a grand Buddhist temple during twilight. She wears solemn monas...

Hōjō Masako (北条政子), called "尼将軍" - Ama Shōgun, or "Mniszka General". She wasn't a warrior with a sword, but she ruled Japan with a shadow, without armor, but with iron will and tongue sharper than katana. She is a woman who, after the death of her husband - the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo - she did not put her hands in prayer in Buddhist cell, only set up in the corners of samurai and regents, leading Japan through one of the greatest political crises in the 13th century.