19th-century Japanese women

Japanese empress (1849-1914)

Japanese empress (1835-1897)

Japanese artist (c.1800-c.1866)

First Japanese person to emigrate to Europe (1874-1941)

founder of Tenrikyo (1798–1887)

daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan (1896–1978)

Japanese princess; daughter of Emperor Meiji and Sono Sachiko (1888–1940)

Japanese princess (1891-1931)

Japanese translator (1870–1932)

Japanese socialite, first Japanese female college student studied in the US, advocate of education for licensed medical nurse and higher education for girls in 1900s Japan

Founder of Oomoto (1836–1918)

Japanese icon painter (1857-1939)

Active in political affairs

Japanese murderer (1849–1879)

Japanese princess; daughter of Emperor Ninkō; head of the Katsura-no-miya from 1863 until 1881

Japanese noble woman, and wife of Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Japanese activist

Japanese painter (1837-1913)

(1843-1886)

Japanese writer (1868-1932)

Japanese female swordsman