Since there was a lack of job opportunities for women like Ume who studied abroad, due to a strong influence of Confucianism, Sutematsu YAMAKAWA and Shigeko URYU married to the military officers after they returned.
うめらは帰国したものの、儒学の価値観が色濃く残る日本においては女子留学生の活躍できる職業分野にも乏しく、山川捨松と瓜生繁子はそれぞれ軍人へ嫁した。