Niijima Yae, who grew up in the Aizu domain, was a spunky girl despite her mother's wishes that she be feminine. Because of anecdotes of how she barricaded herself with 500 women in Tsuruga Castle while being besieged during the Boshin War, and fought with guns, she was acclaimed as the "Joan of Arc of the late Edo period". After the Meiji Restoration, she became the wife of Niijima Jo (Odagiri Joe), who had returned from America. She soon joined the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War tog…
Niijima Yae, who grew up in the Aizu domain, was a spunky girl despite her mother's wishes that she be feminine. Because of anecdotes of how she barricaded herself with 500 women in Tsuruga Castle while being besieged during the Boshin War, and fought with guns, she was acclaimed as the "Joan of Arc of the late Edo period". After the Meiji Restoration, she became the wife of Niijima Jo (Odagiri Joe), who had returned from America. She soon joined the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War tog…
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Seasons (1)
Season 1
6 Jan 2013 – 15 Dec 2013 · 50 episodes
1No means no6 Jan 2013
2The Heart Must Do What It Must13 Jan 2013
3Kick Open the Way Forward20 Jan 2013
4Star of Ill Portent27 Jan 2013
5Shoin's Will3 Feb 2013
6Aizu's Resolve10 Feb 2013
7The Shoguns' Heads17 Feb 2013
8Weak Emotions24 Feb 2013
9Upheaval in August3 Mar 2013
10The Ikedaya Incident10 Mar 2013
11Attack the Shugoshoku!17 Mar 2013
12The Battle of Hamaguri-mon24 Mar 2013
13Firearms and the Bride31 Mar 2013
14Towards New Days7 Apr 2013
15Satsuma-Choshu Secret Treaty14 Apr 2013
16The Retreating Figure21 Apr 2013
17Gift from Nagasaki28 Apr 2013
18Travels with Shonosuke5 May 2013
19Yoshinobu's misjudgment12 May 2013
20Outbreak of War!19 May 2013
21Responsibilty for Defeat26 May 2013
22Vengeance for a younger brother2 Jun 2013
23Save Aizu9 Jun 2013
24The Tragedy of the Nihonmatsu Youth Brigade16 Jun 2013