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Kusumoto Ine

Physician trained in Western medicine
Era: Late Edo–Meiji / 1827–1903 (about 76 years)
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The path they walked

1827

Birth

Born in Nagasaki, daughter of Siebold and Kusumoto Taki.

1829

Parting from her father

Her father Siebold was expelled, and little Ine was raised by her mother.

1845

Studying medicine

Around this time she studied medicine at Uwajima under her father's pupil Ninomiya Keisaku.

1847

Studying obstetrics

Around this time she studied obstetrics under Ishii Sōken in Okayama.

1859

Reunion with her father

She was reunited with her father when he returned to Japan, and studied Western medicine with him.

1862

Studying in Nagasaki

Around this time she studied in Nagasaki under the Dutch doctors Pompe and Bauduin.

1870

Practice in Tokyo

She opened an obstetric clinic at Tsukiji in Tokyo, said to be Japan's first woman obstetrician trained in Western medicine.

1873

Imperial birth

Summoned to the palace, she attended the birth of a child of Emperor Meiji.

1903

Final days

She died in Tokyo.

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