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Miyazaki: Japanese Woman Walks in Footsteps of Samurai Ancestor Who Died in 1877 Civil War

JW Seinan

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:40 JST, February 14, 2026

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki — Toshie Ijuin, who teaches Japanese in Melbourne, learned that her great-great-grandfather joined a rebellion of former samurai in the 19th century when she retraced her family’s roots seven years ago.

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