>>281247582
>Handsome describes a person's looks, usually referring to masculine looks which lots of people do not like on women.
You said it yourself, "often". In the case of manga/anime, you can have the most beautiful woman with very defined feminine features you've ever laid your eyes upon, yet she can have a masculine aura just by the way she carries herself. Maria Tachibana has already been posted, and she gets away with it by being 6'1", stoic and a great actress, but there's also women like Balalaika or Mira Armstrong, who're both considered handsome women by many people.