Japan in the time of the Meiji dynasty is a country in transition, torn and dominated by exploitation and moral decline. 
Lady Snowblood want's to leave her bloody past behind her and is working under the name Kashima Yuki in a girl's grammar school where she teaches Swedish gymnastics... but conservative political forces are like a thorn in their side, and Yuki must again take up arms to keep the promise she gave to her life-saver.
 
(Source: Carlsen Manga)
 
Originally serialised in 1973, but not collected into book form until 2006.

A story of pure vengeance, Lady Snowblood tells the tale of a daughter born of a singular purpose, to avenge the death of her family at the hands of a gang of thugs, a purpose woven into her soul from the time of her gestation.
 (Source: Dark Horse)

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