Aizu (会津) is the westernmost of the three regions ofFukushima Prefecture,Japan, the other two regions beingNakadōri in the central area of the prefecture andHamadōri in the east. As of October 1, 2010, it had a population of 291,838.[2] The principal city of the area isAizuwakamatsu.
It was part ofMutsu Province; the area once was part ofIwase Province created during the reign ofEmpress Genshō.[3] TheYōrōRitsuryo established the Iwase Province in 718 through the division of the Michinoku Province (Mutsu Province). It was composed of five districts of Shirakawa (白河), Iwase (石背), Aizu (会津), Asaka (安積) and Shinobu (信夫). The area encompassed by the province reverted to Mutsu some time between 722 and 724.
Dewa Shigetō (1856–1930), an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, elevated to the peerage with the title ofdanshaku (baron).
Ibuka Kajinosuke (1854–1935), former samurai turned Christian pastor, responsible for bringing the YMCA to Japan.
Ito Okei (1852-1871), Japanese woman who immigrated to America as part of theWakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony, and subsequently the first to be buried on American soil.
Niijima Yae (born: Yamamoto Yaeko, 1845–1932), female warrior, co-founder ofDoshisha University, instructor in the women's division of Doshisha and wife of Niijima Jo (Joseph Hardy Neesima), nurse, tea master.
Noguchi Hideyo (1876–1928), a doctor who made considerable contributions to the fight against syphilis and yellow fever.
Takamine Hideo (1854–1910), former samurai, graduate of Oswego Normal School in New York State, Meiji-era educator and head of the Tokyo Normal School, Tokyo Art School, Tokyo Women's Normal School and Tokyo Music School. He is best known for introducing Pestallozian teaching methods to Japan and educational reform.
Yamakawa Futaba (1844–1909), a co-worker of Takamine Hideo, head administrator at the Tokyo Women's Normal School, she is best known for her support of women's education.
Yamakawa Hiroshi (1845–1898) Brother of Kenjiro, Sutematsu, and Futaba; a notable military leader who defended the domain, later organized Aizu refugees, a key figure in the relief of Kumamoto Garrison during the Seinan War or Satsuma Rebellion and General in the Meiji Era.
Yamakawa Kenjirō (1854–1931), graduate of Yale University, physicist, researcher, academic administrator, President of Tokyo University and Kyoto University.
Yamakawa Sutematsu (1860–1919), graduate of Vassar College, after marriage toOyama Iwao, she was known as Oyama Sutematsu, an organizer at the Rokumeikan, supporter of numerous organizations such as the Red-Cross in Japan and Women's Patriotic Society. She assisted in the founding of Tsuda College (which was organized by her close lifelong friendTsuda Umeko).
Yamamoto Kakuma (1828–1892), former samurai, co-founder of Doshisha University.
^福島県企画調整部総計調査課 (27 December 2010).平成22年国勢調査速報－福島県の人口・世帯数－ (in Japanese). Fukushima Prefecture. Archived fromthe original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved3 May 2012.
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