Alexander von Siebold
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Alexander George Gustav von Siebold was a German translator and interpreter active in Japan during the Bakumatsu period and early Meiji period. He was the eldest son of Japanologist Philipp Franz Balt
Alexander von Siebold portrait
Kusumoto Ine
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Kusumoto Ine was a Japanese physician. She was the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan.
Alexander von Siebold
…January 1911 French Riviera Occupations translator, interpreter Parent(s) Philipp Franz von Siebold, Helene von Gagern Relatives Heinrich von Siebold, Kusumoto Ine Alexander George Gustav von Siebold (August 16, 1846 – January 1911) was a German translator and interpreter active in Japan during the Bakumatsu period…
Ine Kusumoto
Arrival of a Dutch Ship by Kawahara Keiga, depicting Ine, Taki, and Siebold at Dejima
Portrait of Ine's mother Kusumoto Taki, c. 1830s
The feudal lord Date Munenari was a patron of Ine's and of Western learning.