- 著者
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遠藤 由紀子
Yukiko ENDO
- 出版者
- 昭和女子大学女性文化研究所
- 雑誌
- 昭和女子大学女性文化研究所紀要 = Bulletin of the Institute of Women's Culture Showa Women's University (ISSN:09160957)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- no.47, pp.37-54, 2020-03-31
Kenjiro Yamakawa of Aizu fought in the Boshin War on the losing side. After the war, he studied abroad at Yale University in the early Meiji era, earning a PhD in physics. Later, he served as president of Tokyo Imperial University and led the education world in the Meiji period. Kenjiro’s eldest son Makoto took a wife named Yoshi from the Kajii family of military doctors from Daishouji. According to the “Aizu Zakki” recorded by Yoshi and preserved by her descendants, Kenjiro had informed Yoshi about the history of the Chugoku region and the Aizu clan, the relatives of the Yamakawa family, and his knowledge of waka poetry. The records show that Kenjiro passed on knowledge and education to his eldest son’s wife and expected her to support the Yamakawa family. People of Aizu who moved to Tokyo maintained a sense of belonging to Aizu, which helped discipline themselves even after the modern era. Descendants of Yoshi, too, live in modern society with a sense of pride and identification with their ancestor’s hometown.