page_title: Nakano Takeko
section_title: Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Nakano Takeko / Monument
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 中野竹子慰霊碑 『嗚呼壮烈』（在法界寺）
context_page_description: Nakano Takeko was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War. During the Battle of Aizu, she fought with a naginata and was the leader of an ad hoc corps of female combatants who fought in the battle independently.
  Takeko and other women stepped forward on the front line without permission, as the senior Aizu retainers did not allow them to fight as an official part of the domain's army. This unit was later retroactively called the Jōshitai. With the reforms of the Meiji era, the samurai class was abolished and a western-style national army was established, making Nakano Takeko one of the last samurai in history.
context_section_description: A monument to her was erected beside her grave at Hōkai Temple; Aizu native and Imperial Japanese Navy admiral Dewa Shigetō was involved in its construction.
caption: Nakano Takeko Monument at Hōkai-ji, Aizubange, Fukushima, Japan
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