Female characters in ” The Thirteen Night” can represent many things, but I mainly think it tries to represent life in the 1800s as a woman. Women in that era didn’t have as much power as they did in today’s world. Their roles during the era were being a housewife basically and doing the cleaning, cooking, taking care of children, etc. Women’s social status was very limited and doesn’t have much of a say. Ichiyo is a very brave woman during that era and she is known for expressing herself in her writing.