I’m a bit skeptical because this “woman” wears a male clothing with a sword for men and a male hairstyle. Whoever wrote the caption, I guess, is unaware of this mismatch. The author is not a professional historian who underwent a scholarly training as such.
The site I got this pic from said the subject was a woman
Do you have the URL?
https://mashable.com/feature/rural-life-in-japan
I’m a bit skeptical because this “woman” wears a male clothing with a sword for men and a male hairstyle. Whoever wrote the caption, I guess, is unaware of this mismatch. The author is not a professional historian who underwent a scholarly training as such.
I thus believe it’s a man.