Yamakawa Futaba

Yamakawa Futaba

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamakawa.

Yamakawa Futaba (山川やまかわ 二に葉よう) (c. 1844 – November 14, 1909) was a Japanese educator of the early Meiji era. 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. 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.

In the Meiji era, Futaba worked at the Tokyo Women's Normal School (東京とうきょう女子じょし高等こうとう師範しはん学校がっこう, Tōkyō Joshi Kōtō Shihan Gakkō),[1] 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 (従したがえ五ご位い, ju go i).

References

• 山川やまかわ二に葉よう | 近代きんだい日本人にっぽんじんの肖像しょうぞう National Diet Library, Japan
• Yamakawa Kenjiro (1931). Aizu Boshin senshi.