# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niijima-yae
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:28:50.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niijima-yae"
name: "Niijima Yae"
slug: "niijima-yae"
description: "Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko , was a Japanese educator, nurse, and scholar during the Bakumatsu and Meiji era. Her samurai family belonged to the Hoshina clan, loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend the Aizu Domain during the Boshin War, earning her the nicknames “Nightingale of Japan” and “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc”."
tagline: "Japanese former soldier and nurse"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niijima_Yae_big_portrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1845-12-01"
deathDate: "1932-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.61
  momentum:             1.898868458274399
  historical:           11.13963466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8D"
    title: "新島八重"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "نيجيما ياي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_Yae"
    title: "Niijima Yae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_Yae"
    title: "Niijima Yae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_Yae"
    title: "Niijima Yae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Yaeko"
    title: "Yamamoto Yaeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "یاماموتو یائه‌کو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Yaeko"
    title: "Yamamoto Yaeko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niijima_Yae"
    title: "Niijima Yae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%B3%B6%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8D"
    title: "新島八重"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%A7%80%EB%A7%88_%EC%95%BC%EC%97%90"
    title: "니지마 야에"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "ยามาโมโตะ ยาเอะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3019565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump