Niijima Yae
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niijima-yae-35-11820
title:
Niijima Yae
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Niijima Yae (新島八重), born Yamamoto Yae (山本八重), also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, was a Japanese onna-musha, educator, nurse, and scholar of the late Edo period who lived into the early Shōwa period. Her samurai family belonged to the Hoshina clan, loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend the Aizu Domain during the Boshin War, earning her the nicknames “Nightingale of Japan” and “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc”. Yaeko served as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War and Sino-Japane
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Japanese warrior, nurse, and scholar (1845–1932)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_Yae
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2024-03-12T11:37:57Z
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