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A monument in Otawara honouring Chika Ozeki, held to be a pioneer of nursing in Japan.
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A monument standing on a stretch of the Oshuku Kaido in Kurobane-tamachi, Otawara, Tochigi, to Chika Ozeki (1858-1932), the "Nightingale of the Meiji era." It was erected at the place thought to have been the birthplace of Chika Ozeki, born the second daughter of Masutora Ozeki, a senior retainer of the Kurobane domain. The manhole covers show scenery symbolic of Kurobane.
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