Japan: Kusumoto Taki (aka Sonogi, 1807-1865), consort of Philipp Franz Von Siebold and mother of their daughter, Ine, the first female physician and obstetrician in Japan. Portrait by Carl Hubert de Villeneuve (1800-1874), c. 1832-1839. Since mixed marriages were forbidden in Japan at this time, Von Siebold 'lived together' with his Japanese partner Kusumoto Taki. In 1827 Kusumoto Taki gave birth to their daughter, Ine. Von Siebold used to call his wife 'Otakusa' and named a Hydrangea after her.

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