Nagako Nabeshima
Nagako Nabeshima was a feature of Japanese high society from the Meiji period to the early Shōwa era. Daughter of kuge, in April 1881 she married Nabeshima Naohiro, eleventh and final daimyō of the Saga Domain, in Italy, where he was performing official duties. Nagako served as secretary and chair of the Volunteer Nurses Association of the Japanese [Red Cross Society] from 1887 to 1936 as well as president of the Oriental Women's Association.