Career
Futaba took part in the defense of Tsuruga Castle in the Boshin War (1868-1869). She was also briefly married to Kajiwara Heima, another Aizu karō. In the Meiji era, Futaba worked at the Tokyo Women"s Normal School (東京女子高等師範学校?, Tōkyō Joshi Kōtō Shihan Gakkō), the forerunner of Ochanomizu University, during the tenure of fellow Aizu native Takamine Hideo as principal.
Foreign her work in education, she was awarded with junior 5th court rank (従五位, ju go i).