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Nakano Takeko

1847 - 1868

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Nakano Takeko (中野 竹子; April 1847 – 16 October 1868) was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War. During the Battle of Aizu, she fought with a naginata (a Japanese polearm) and was the leader of an ad hoc corps of female combatants who fought in the battle independently. Takeko and other women stepped forward on the front line without permission, as the senior Aizu retainers did not allow them to fight as an official part of the domain's army. This unit was later retroactively called the Jōshitai (娘子隊, Girls' Army). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nakano Takeko is the 938th most popular military personnel (up from 979th in 2019), the 730th most popular biography from Japan (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nakano Takeko ranks 938 out of 2,058. Before her are Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Khalil al-Wazir, Friedrich Hossbach, Sosthenes of Macedon, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, and Boris Gromov. After her are Aimable Pélissier, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Solomon, Sanada Masayuki, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, and Ziba Ganiyeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Nakano Takeko ranks 34. Before her are Galileo Ferraris, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Robert Fuchs, Sidney Sonnino, Hans Gross, and Afonso Pena. After her are Ferdinand Fellner, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Giuseppe Giacosa, Adolf von Hildebrand, Jacob Schiff, and Oscar Swahn. Among people deceased in 1868, Nakano Takeko ranks 27. Before her are Kondō Isami, Rasoherina, Julius Plücker, Ferenc Gyulay, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, and Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne. After her are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Venancio Flores, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Carlo Matteucci, Emanuel Leutze, and Peter Julian Eymard.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nakano Takeko ranks 730 out of 6,245. Before her are Izumi Shikibu (976), Shō Hashi (1371), Chiang Wei-kuo (1916), Keizo Imai (1950), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), and Tanzan Ishibashi (1884). After her are Choei Sato (1951), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), and Shintaro Abe (1924).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Nakano Takeko ranks 60. Before her are Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Osami Nagano (1880), Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758). After her are Wakisaka Yasuharu (1554), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Matome Ugaki (1890), Isamu Chō (1895), and Tōdō Takatora (1556).

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