The Search for Siebold's Daughter
Fact and Fiction in the Work of Yoshimura Akira
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12352248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Rubinger (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-146 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-1397 • E-ISSN: 1469-9338 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10371397.2013.816241 |
| OpenAlex | W2094022305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The life of Philipp Franz von Siebold's daughter Ine, who became the first woman trained in Western medicine in Japan, came to wide popular attention in the 1970s with Yoshimura Akira's famous historical novel on the circumstances of her birth, training and subsequent career. As the child of mixed parentage, born near or perhaps even on Dejima, Ine's life symbolized the turmoil faced by Japan in its confrontation with the West in the nineteenth century. The extent to which an accurate biography of Ine can be established is, however, difficult, and the historian's quest to verify the basis of such a famous fictional account seemingly doomed to fail. This article details aspects of this quest; in so doing it raises questions around the nature of archival research, of biographical writing, and the ability of historians to understand and portray accurately the lives of those who lived in and around the foreign settlement at Dejima
Art · Art history · Biography · Daughter · Genealogy · Literature · Political science · Settlement (finance · Classics · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Medical History and Research
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |