title: Gozen
text: # Gozen
  
  Gozen (御前) is a Japanese term meaning "young lady" or "young lord". It is sometimes applied as a title for female warrior samurai. It may refer to:
  
  ## Japanese women
  
  * Aya-Gozen (1524–1609), first wife of Japanese clan leader Nagao Masakage and mother of daimyō Uesugi Kagekatsu
  * Hangaku Gozen,
  * Shizuka Gozen (1165–1211), Japanese court dancer and mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
  * Tokiwa Gozen (1123–c. 1180), Japanese noblewoman, mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
  * Tomoe Gozen (c. 1157–1247), female, possibly fictional, samurai warrior, a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka
  * Tsuchida Gozen (died 1594), wife of warlord Oda Nobuhide and mother of warlord Oda Nobunaga
  * Fujishiro Gozen (16th-century), female samurai warrior and ruler of Fujishiro castle.
  * Oni Gozen (16th-century), female warrior from Hoashi clan in Kyushu.
  
  ## Other
  
  * Gozen or Goose Van Schaick (1736–1789), Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War
  