ABSTRACT Kusumoto Ine was one of the first women in Japan to practice Western medicine. As the daughter of Philipp Franz von Siebold, a naturalised Dutch physician who visited Japan in the early nineteenth century, and Kusumoto Taki, his Japanese concubine, Ine’s extraordinary life has captured the imaginations of novelists, dramatists and historians alike. For a long time, readers have turned to Yoshimura Akira’s 1978 novel Fuon Shiiboruto no Musume [Von Siebold’s daughter] as the most accessible and comprehensive rendition of her biography, with much of its historical detail accepted as fact, rather than fiction. In this article, I argue that despite the popularity of Yoshimura’s biographical novel, it is still possible and desirable to create alternative narratives of Ine’s life. In order to present a feminist narrative of Ine’s past, I propose to examine her as a filial daughter who – like many other Japanese women of her time – took action to empower herself as an individual, as well as to protect and ensure the survival of her family.

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Kusumoto Ine (1827–1903)：女性主义的重新评价

摘要 楠本伊根是日本最早从事西医的女性之一。作为 19 世纪初访问日本的归化荷兰医生菲利普·弗朗茨·冯·西博尔德 (Philipp Franz von Siebold) 和他的日本妃子楠本泷的女儿，伊根的非凡生活吸引了小说家、剧作家和历史学家的想象力。很长一段时间以来，读者都将吉村晃 1978 年的小说 Fuon Shiiboruto no Musume [Von Siebold 的女儿]视为她传记中最容易理解和最全面的演绎，其中大部分历史细节被视为事实，而不是虚构。在这篇文章中，我认为尽管吉村的传记小说很受欢迎，但仍然有可能并且希望为伊根的生活创造另类的叙事。为了呈现伊根过去的女性主义叙事，