Her father held a position of considerable influence within the Bakufu bureaucracy, giving her family significant social standing. She married Hasegawa Taizou, who came from a less prosperous samurai background—a step down in terms of wealth and connections, though not necessarily status.
What's notable about her is how willing she was to set aside her own rank for her husband's benefit. When he showed up to work dressed inappropriately, she didn't stand on ceremony or expect him to handle it alone. Instead, she went to his superior's house and knelt to apologize on his behalf—even though her own family outranked the man she was bowing to. It's the kind of self-effacement that says something about both her character and the expectations placed on wives during that period.
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