Yae learned such as English because she had a good foresight, and was called a Christian lady due to her Western clothes and hair style after baptized and married with Niijima.
八重は英語を学ぶなど先取の精神に富み、1876年（明治9年）受洗し新島との結婚後は洋装、洋髪、クリスチャンレデイーと呼ばれた。