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Spoilers below. In the sixth episode of “Ladies of the Willow World,” we delve deeper into the portrayal of women in this narrative and their adeptness at wielding power. The central figure among them is Lady Ochiba-no-kata, renowned for her influence and high status as a consort of the late Taikō and the mother of …

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