The Rogue Princess and the Onna Musha
By: Thomas P. Kaczur
Points of contact: TomasaK@protonmail.com
Lady Hsi Ling Shih, also known as the Goddess of Silk, is a mythical figure credited with the discovery of silk. According to legend, while resting in the imperial gardens under a mulberry tree, a silkworm cocoon fell into her hot teacup. She attempted to remove it with her chopsticks, and as she did, a fine thread began to unravel from the cocoon. Intrigued by its strength and luster, she collected the thread and later observed silkworms in the mulberry tree. This led her to develop methods of cultivating silkworms and weaving silk, practices known today as sericulture.
This increased the stepmother’s falseness and despicable treatment towards her.
READ ON FOR THE REST OF THE STORY: Lady Hsi Ling Shih escape, the perilous sea voyage to Gogoshima Island, the reason for changing her name to Wake-hime, intensive training as a Shinobi infiltrator and Onna-musha.
Never realizing this was the beginning of the typhoon season and that waves often capsized ships. She actually sailed off all alone on an arduous journey but to where was the question.
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A Story of Survival
Wakegorō: Fisherman by Day and Assassin by Night.
Wakegorō was found at the entrance to the White Lotus Monks' Monastery. Wrapped in an expensive blanket, an amulet hung around his neck. The monks couldn’t decipher the encrypted inscription.
During his training, Wakegorō showed rare skills—skills only a Shinobi’s child could possess. The monks, impressed, contacted the Kōno clan master.
Wakegorō, a sharp fisherman, launched his boat during the typhoon's lull to gather his lobster pots and fish traps. As he steered toward his fishing grounds, he spotted a mast rising as a wave crested, then saw the boat crash hard into the sea.
READ ON TO LEARN HOW WAKEGORŌ WAS FOUND: By the monastery's Roshi. Over time, both Roshi and the Kōno master realized Wakegorō was the son of the famous assassin Ishikawa Goemon. Learn why and how the Kōno Family’s Master of the Kaizou sea tribes established Gogoshima Island as a haven for privateers, infiltrators, and assassins—governed by Wakegorō.
Lady Hsi Ling Shih:
On the island of Gogoshima, Lady Hsi Ling Shih name was changed to Wake-hime to hide her identity. Under the guidance of Wakegorö, Wake-hime learned covert operations, siege warfare, infiltration, reconnaissance, espionage, ninjutsu, and deception. Wakegorö assigned seasoned Shinobi attendants, skilled in clandestine activities and combat—using knives, swords, garrotes, and poisons. He understood that Wake-hime would move between the Imperial and clandestine worlds. Thus the clan taught Wake-hime their secrets. She knew this was a lifetime commitment to the Kaizoku tribe.
Later under the guidance of Nakano Takeko, Nakano Yüko, and Gozen she acquired the abilities of an Onna musha (female warrior), the counterpart to a Samurai. .
As an Onna musha, she learning Bushido moral code of; attitudes, behavior, and lifestyle. The rigorous cross-training between Shinobi and Samurai was accepted by the Kōno family clan because of her prominence.
Wake-hime trained under Wakegorō, a fisherman by day, assassin by night. He shaped her into a lethal Shinobi infiltrator, skilled in poisons, guerrilla warfare, and siege tactics.
Confident in her abilities, Wakegorō sent her on clandestine missions, assigning hardened attendants—experts in knives, swords, garrote, and toxins. He knew she would move between the Imperial court and the shadows, a ghost in both worlds. Her loyalty to the Kaizoku tribe was absolute.
Her training expanded. She became a bodyguard to officials, a master of espionage. Mission after mission, she proved her worth, earning the support of powerful sponsors.
One stood above the rest—Tomoe Gozen. She wielded a Masamune sword, a gift from General Minamoto Kiso Yoshinaka. A rare Onna-Musha, she led three hundred Samurai. Minamoto himself once said she was worth a thousand men, a force capable of destroying anything—mortal, demon, or god.
Nakano Takeko and her sister, Nakano Yuko, reinforced Tomoe’s recommendation. Based on their approval Wake-hime was adopted into the maritime Kōno clan. Under he Kaizoku sea tribes appointment she endured five more years of brutal training as a Shinobi cunning and Samurai discipline sealed her place within the Kōno clan.
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