Devoted Wife and Consort of a Military Hero
Nogi Shizuko was a Japanese woman of the late Edo and Meiji periods, born on November 29, 1859. She was the wife of General Nogi Maresuke, one of the most celebrated military commanders of the Imperial Japanese Army.
She is venerated in certain Shinto contexts alongside her husband, who himself became an object of popular reverence following their joint death by ritual suicide on September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral. The couple's profound loyalty and self-sacrifice left a deep impression on Japanese society and contributed to the establishment of shrines honoring them both.
Nogi Shizuko is remembered as a model of wifely devotion and moral steadfastness in the Meiji era. Shrines dedicated to General Nogi, such as Nogi Shrine in Tokyo, also commemorate her spirit as an inseparable part of the couple's legacy.
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