Today, I write about ” Handsome woman.”
Her name is “Yamamoto Yae ( Niijima Yae ).”
1845, She was born into the Yamamoto family in Aizu,
Her father is Aizu domain’s official gunnery instructor.
She becomes more interested in guns than sewing.
1868, Battle of Aizu (civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869)
She fought with the gun.
However, Aizu was beaten.
She was disappointed.
She divorces her husband and went to Kyoto in which an elder brother is present.
She finds a new interest in learning.
She then meets Jo Niijima , the founder of Doshisha University, and marries him.
She is a strong proponent of gender equality.
Those days, her action was blamed.
But her husband, who experienced western culture in the United States, supports her.
She was called the handsome woman.
In her later years, she serves as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War.
She is later referred to as the “Nightingale of Japan”.
Her story is broadcast as a teleplay.
Title is “Yae no Sakura”.
Her hometown and Aizu are in Fukushima.
There are many evacuees in Aizu.
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