Ine Kusumoto was the daughter of Philipp Franz von Siebold - her 76-year life as Japan's first female doctor

May 6, 1827, is the birthday of Kusumoto Ine, who would later become Japan's first female doctor. Her mother was a Japanese woman and her father a foreign man - this is not uncommon nowadays, but at the time, there was almost no contact with foreign countries. So why was Ine born? The reason is simple. She was born in Nagasaki, and her mother, Taki, was a prostitute who frequented Dejima. There were probably other children of similar origins bes…