Okita Mitsu (沖田 みつ) was the eldest sister of Okita Sōji, captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi. She was born the eldest daughter of Okita Katsujirō, in a samurai family from Mutsu Province. In 1846, she married Inoue Rintarō, who later became Okita Rintarō, after being adopted into the Okita family. They had a child in 1853.

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  • Okita Mitsu (沖田 みつ) was the eldest sister of Okita Sōji, captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi. She was born the eldest daughter of Okita Katsujirō, in a samurai family from Mutsu Province. In 1846, she married Inoue Rintarō, who later became Okita Rintarō, after being adopted into the Okita family. They had a child in 1853. In 1868, during the Boshin War, Sōji was suffering from tuberculosis and thus stayed with Mitsu and her family in Edo, while the rest of the Tokugawa shogunate forces retreated to the Tohoku region. Mitsu looked after the terminally ill Sōji, until she and her family were forced to evacuate to Shonai han. Sōji died on May 30 of that year. Mitsu returned to Edo in 1872. Her husband died in 1883, and she went to live with her youngest son in Manchuria. She died in 1907.
  • 沖田 みつ（おきた みつ、天保4年4月8日（1833年5月26日） - 明治40年（1907年）11月2日）は、幕末・明治の一般女性。新選組一番隊長沖田総司の姉。 元陸奥国白河藩士沖田勝次郎（林太郎とも）の長女に生まれる。 弘化3年（1846年）、井上林太郎（後、沖田林太郎）と結婚して家督を存続させた。 嘉永6年（1853年）1月、長男芳次郎を出産。 慶応4年（1868年）、戊辰戦争が勃発すると、江戸へ撤退してきた新選組から結核を患っていた弟・総司の看病を任されていたとされる。しかし、まもなく夫や家族と共に江戸を脱出して庄内藩へ移る。 同年5月30日、江戸にて弟・総司が病死。 明治5年（1872年）、東京へ帰還。 明治16年（1883年）、夫・林太郎が死去したため、転勤中の末男・貞吉を頼って満州の旅順へ赴く。 明治40年（1907年）、満州で死去。享年75。
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  • Okita Mitsu (沖田 みつ) was the eldest sister of Okita Sōji, captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi. She was born the eldest daughter of Okita Katsujirō, in a samurai family from Mutsu Province. In 1846, she married Inoue Rintarō, who later became Okita Rintarō, after being adopted into the Okita family. They had a child in 1853.
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  • Okita Mitsu
  • 沖田みつ
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