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Yamakawa Futaba (山川 二葉) (c. 1844 – November 14, 1909) was a Japanese educator of the early Meiji era.

Life

Family

Born in Aizu, she was the sister of the karō, Yamakawa Hiroshi; her other siblings included physicist Yamakawa Kenjirō and Meiji-era social figure Ōyama Sutematsu.

Boshin war

Futaba took part in the defense of Tsuruga Castle in the Boshin War (1868-9). She was also briefly married to Kajiwara Heima, another Aizu karō.

As an educator

In the Meiji era, from 1875-1905, Futaba worked at the Tokyo Women's Normal School (東京女子高等師範学校, Tōkyō Joshi Kōtō Shihan Gakkō), the forerunner of Ochanomizu University, during the tenure of fellow Aizu native Takamine Hideo as principal. For her work in education, she was awarded with junior 5th court rank (従五位, ju go i).

References

1. ^ Nimura, Janice P. (2015-05-04). Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24824-1.
2. Tocco, Martha Caroline (1994). School Bound: Women's Higher Education in Nineteenth-century Japan. Stanford University.

• 山川二葉 | 近代日本人の肖像 National Diet Library, Japan
• Yamakawa Kenjiro (1931). Aizu Boshin senshi.

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