Ōyama Sutematsu
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Ōyama Sutematsu (大山捨松?) (March 16, 1860-February 18, 1919) was a Japanese woman of the Meiji era, who was a prominent social figure. She was born in Aizu to a family of senior retainers serving Matsudaira Katamori. After the Boshin War of 1868-69, she was sent to the United States for study, and eventually graduated from Vassar College. Sutematsu's brothers, Yamakawa Kenjiro and Yamakawa Hiroshi, were famous in their own right, during the Meiji era.
Sutematsu married the Imperial Japanese Army general (and former Satsuma retainer) Ōyama Iwao; rather ironically, Ōyama had served as an artilleryman during the bombardment of Sutematsu's hometown of Aizu.
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- Akiko Kuno (1993). Unexpected destinations : the poignant story of Japan's first Vassar graduate. New York: Kodansha International.
