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[[File:Sato-shizu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Satô Shizu at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]]]]

[[File:Sato-shizu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Monument to Satô Shizu at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] in [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture|Chiba]]]]

*''Born: [[1851]]''

*''Born: [[1851]]/6/10''

*''Died: 1919''

*''Died: 1919''

*''Japanese'' [[佐藤]]志津 ''(Satou Shizu)''

*''Japanese'' [[佐藤]]志津 ''(Satou Shizu)''

Satô Shizu was a member of the [[Sato family (Juntendo)|Satô family]] of ''[[Rangaku]]'' & medical scholars, and was herself a pioneer of women's education in Japan.

Satô Shizu was a member of the [[Sato family (Juntendo)|Satô family]] of ''[[Rangaku]]'' & medical scholars, and was herself a pioneer of women's education in Japan.

Born in the town of Aso (today, Namekata, [[Ibaraki prefecture]]), Shizu moved to [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]] (in [[Shimousa province]], today, [[Chiba prefecture]]) around [[1859]]. In [[1867]], she married [[Sato Susumu|Satô Susumu]].

Born in the town of Aso (today, Namekata, [[Ibaraki prefecture]]), Shizu was the eldest daughter of [[Sato Takanaka|Satô Takanaka]]; when her father was adopted by [[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]] and succeeded him as head of the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] medical school in [[1859]], she joined Takanaka in moving to [[Sakura (city)|Sakura]] (in [[Shimousa province]], today, [[Chiba prefecture]]). In [[1867]], she married [[Sato Susumu|Satô Susumu]], who was thus adopted into the family.

 

Shizu was educated in a variety of subjects, including ''[[kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies), traditional Japanese subjects, and women's subjects, as well as [[naginata]], [[Zen]] meditation, and poetry composition, and became fairly active in the local high society in Sakura.

In [[1902]], Shizu became a chief teacher, and later the principal, at a Girls' Art School founded in [[1900]] by [[Yokoi Tamako]]. She was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order (''kun rokutô hôkan shô'') in 1915 for her contributions to women's education, alongside [[Tsuda Umeko]] and others.

In [[1902]], Shizu became a chief teacher, and later the principal, at a Girls' Art School founded in [[1900]] by [[Yokoi Tamako]]. She was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order (''kun rokutô hôkan shô'') in 1915 for her contributions to women's education, alongside [[Tsuda Umeko]] and others.

==References==

==References==

*Pamphlets available at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] Memorial Buildings Museum in Sakura, Chiba.

*Pamphlets available at the [[Juntendo|Juntendô]] Memorial Buildings Museum in Sakura, Chiba.

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