Nabeshima Nagako Explained

Nabeshima Nagako
Native Name:	鍋島榮子
Birth Date:	18 May 1855
Death Date:	3 January 1941
Nationality:	Japanese
Children:	^[1]

(kyūjitai: 鍋島榮子) (1855–1941) was a feature of Japanese high society from the Meiji period to the early Shōwa era. Daughter of kuge Hirohashi Taneyasu, in April 1881 she married Nabeshima Naohiro, eleventh and final daimyō of the Saga Domain, in Italy, where he was performing official duties. Nagako served as secretary and chair of the of the Japanese Red Cross Society from 1887 to 1936 as well as president of the .^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Seiyōkan (Nabeshima residence)
• Chōkokan

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.nabeshima.or.jp/main/301.html . ja:侯爵鍋島家略系図 . Genealogy of the Marquis Nabeshima House . Japanese . . 1 September 2019.
2. Web site: http://www.nabeshima.or.jp/main/4159.html . ja:鍋島栄子像 . Portrait of Nabeshima Nagako . Japanese . . 1 September 2019.
3. Web site: Glossary of Proper Nouns . . 1 September 2019.
4. Web site: http://www.nabeshima.or.jp/main/154.html . ja:11代鍋島直大夫人 栄子所用 . For Nagako, Wife of Eleventh Lord Nabeshima Naohiro . Japanese . . 1 September 2019.