https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/tnamwong/web/MitoNishimiyaHide.pdf
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VERY VERY short by detailed article (^_^)
"Hide's memoirs reveal what happened to ordinary people caught up in
the reverberating public events that set Japan on its modern
course. The overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1867 wrenched
Hide, her family and friends from the security of their inherited
status....they now had to scramble to make a living."
something about shoe repairs