Niijima Yae
Niijima Yae , also known as Yamamoto Yaeko , was a Japanese female warrior, nurse and scholar of the late Edo period who lived into the early Shōwa period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc”. Yaeko served as a nurse during the Russo-Japanese War and Sino-Japanese War, and became the first woman outside of Imperial House of Japan after the Meiji Restoration to be decorated for her service to the country.
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Female
Date of Birth
December 1st, 1845
Age
178
Birth Place
Japan, Fukushima Prefecture
Date of Death
June 14th, 1932
Died Aged
86
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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