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|alma_mater= [[Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania]], 1889.
|alma_mater= [[Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania]], 1889.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Aomori Prefecture]]
| birth_place = [[Aomori Prefecture]], Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|9|2|1859|8|15|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|9|2|1859|8|15|df=yes}}
| death_place =
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| nationality = Japanese
| nationality = Japanese
| other_names = Nishida Keiko, Keiko Okami, Kei Nishida Okami
| other_names = Nishida Keiko, Keiko Okami, Kei Nishida Okami, Kyōko Okami
| occupation = Physician
| occupation = Physician
| known_for = The first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university
| known_for = The first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university
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{{Nihongo|'''Keiko Okami'''|岡見 京|Okami Keiko|15 August 1859 – 2 September 1941<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|title=Okami Keiko|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B2%A1%E8%A6%8B%E4%BA%AC%E5%AD%90|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kōdansha|accessdate=7 February 2014|language=Japanese}}</ref>}} was a Japanese physician. She was the first [[Women in Japan|Japanese woman]] to obtain a degree in [[Western medicine]] from a Western university.
{{Nihongo|'''Kei Okami'''|岡見 京|Okami Kei|11 September 1859<ref name="kotobank"/><ref>{{cite news|title=明治女医の基礎資料|url=http://jsmh.umin.jp/journal/54-3/281.pdf|language=Japanese|date=2008|author=三﨑 裕子|access-date=2021-06-19|periodical=日本医史学雑誌|volume=54|number=3|page=282}}</ref> – 2 September 1941<ref name=kotobank>{{cite web|title=Kyōko Okami|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B2%A1%E8%A6%8B%E4%BA%AC%E5%AD%90|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kōdansha|accessdate=7 February 2014|language=Japanese}}</ref>}} was a Japanese physician. She was the first [[Women in Japan|Japanese woman]] to obtain a degree in [[Western medicine]] from a Western university ([[Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania]], USA).


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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== Medical career ==
== Medical career ==
After returning to Japan, Kei Okami also worked at the Jikei Hospital (now the [[Jikei University School of Medicine]] hospital) at the invitation of [[Takaki Kanehiro]]. She resigned because the Emperor, Meiji, refused her care because she was female.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thetriangle.org/snowball/the-graduates/|title=The Graduates - The Triangle|work=The Triangle|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}}</ref>Then, she opened her own clinic, operating out of her home in Akasaka Tameike, [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato]].<ref name="Minato_Pro">{{cite web | url = http://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=17 | title = Prominent People of Minato City: Keiko Okami | accessdate = 2014-01-26 | publisher = Minato City Administration }}</ref>
After returning to Japan, Kei Okami also worked at the Jikei Hospital (now the [[Jikei University School of Medicine]] hospital) at the invitation of [[Takaki Kanehiro]]. She resigned because the Emperor, [[Emperor Meiji|Meiji]], refused her care because she was female.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Starita|first=Joe|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959372317|title=A warrior of the people : how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become America's first Indian doctor|date=2016|isbn=978-1-250-08534-4|location=New York|pages=156|oclc=959372317}}</ref><ref name="triangle">{{Cite news|url=https://thetriangle.org/snowball/the-graduates/|title=The Graduates - The Triangle|work=The Triangle|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=student newspaper|date=June 2018}} Then, she opened her own clinic, operating out of her home in Akasaka Tameike, [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato]].<ref name="Minato_Pro">{{cite web | url = http://www.lib.city.minato.tokyo.jp/yukari/e/man-detail.cgi?id=17 | title = Prominent People of Minato City: Keiko Okami | accessdate = 2014-01-26 | publisher = Minato City Administration }}</ref> Kei Okami worked in gynecology and also treated tuberculosis patients.<ref name="triangle" />{{Unreliable source?|reason=student newspaper|date=June 2018}}


Later, she closed the practice, and served as the vice-principal of Shoei Girls' school (a predecessor of the [[Shoei Girls' Junior and Senior High School]]), which was founded by her brother-in-law Kiyomune. In 1897, she opened a small hospital for sick women in partnership with a friend, Mrs. True. She also established a school of nursing in the same premises. The hospital closed after nine years, as there were very few patients, mostly limited to foreign female preachers. Subsequently, she retired due to [[breast cancer]].<ref name="Minato_Pro"/> A devout [[Christianity|Christian]], she also participated in missionary work in Japan.<ref name="">{{cite journal | title = Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church | journal=Woman's Work for Woman and Our Mission Field | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhDPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA136 | year=1889 | publisher=Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church | volume = IV | page=136}}</ref>
Later, she closed the practice, and served as the vice-principal of Shoei Girls' school (a predecessor of the [[Shoei Girls' Junior and Senior High School]]), which was founded by her brother-in-law Kiyomune. In 1897, she opened a small hospital for sick women in partnership with a friend, Mrs. True. She also established a school of nursing in the same premises. The hospital closed after nine years, as there were very few patients, mostly limited to foreign female preachers. Subsequently, she retired due to [[breast cancer]].<ref name="Minato_Pro"/> A devout [[Christianity|Christian]], she participated in missionary work in Japan, as well as teaching anatomy to nurses in one of Japan's largest hospitals.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church | journal=Woman's Work for Woman and Our Mission Field | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhDPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA136 | year=1889 | publisher=Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church | volume = IV | pages=136, 333}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Ogino Ginko]], who graduated from the [[Juntendo University]] in 1885
* [[Ogino Ginko]], who graduated from the [[Juntendo University]] in 1882.


== References ==
== References ==
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Kei Okami
Kei Okami (center) with Anandi Gopal Joshi (left) and Sabat Islambouli (right), picture from 10 October 1885
Kei Okami (center) with Anandi Gopal Joshi (left) and Sabat Islambouli (right), picture from 10 October 1885
Born(1859-09-11)11 September 1859
Died2 September 1941(1941-09-02) (aged 82)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesNishida Keiko, Keiko Okami, Kei Nishida Okami, Kyōko Okami
Alma materWomen's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1889.
OccupationPhysician
Known forThe first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university

Kei Okami (岡見 京, Okami Kei, 11 September 1859[1][2] – 2 September 1941[1]) was a Japanese physician. She was the first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA).

Early life

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Kei Okami was born as Nishida Keiko in Aomori Prefecture in 1858. She graduated from the Yokohama Kyoritsu Girls' School in 1878, and then taught English at the Sakurai Girls' School. She married an art teacher, Okami Senkichiro, at the age of 25. The couple subsequently traveled to the United States.[3]

Medical training

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In America, Kei Okami studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, receiving aid from the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church. After four years of study, she graduated in 1889, with Susan La Flesche Picotte.[4][5] She thus became the first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in the Western medicine from a Western university.[3]

Medical career

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After returning to Japan, Kei Okami also worked at the Jikei Hospital (now the Jikei University School of Medicine hospital) at the invitation of Takaki Kanehiro. She resigned because the Emperor, Meiji, refused her care because she was female.[6][7][unreliable source?] Then, she opened her own clinic, operating out of her home in Akasaka Tameike, Minato.[8] Kei Okami worked in gynecology and also treated tuberculosis patients.[7][unreliable source?]

Later, she closed the practice, and served as the vice-principal of Shoei Girls' school (a predecessor of the Shoei Girls' Junior and Senior High School), which was founded by her brother-in-law Kiyomune. In 1897, she opened a small hospital for sick women in partnership with a friend, Mrs. True. She also established a school of nursing in the same premises. The hospital closed after nine years, as there were very few patients, mostly limited to foreign female preachers. Subsequently, she retired due to breast cancer.[8] A devout Christian, she participated in missionary work in Japan, as well as teaching anatomy to nurses in one of Japan's largest hospitals.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kyōko Okami". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ 三﨑 裕子 (2008). "明治女医の基礎資料" (PDF). 日本医史学雑誌 (in Japanese). Vol. 54, no. 3. p. 282. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  3. ^ a b Hamish Ion (2010). American Missionaries, Christian Oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73. UBC Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-7748-5899-1.
  4. ^ JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. American Medical Association. 1889. p. 455.
  5. ^ "Dr. Kei Okami". Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania: Photograph Collection. 1850-present. Drexel University. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  6. ^ Starita, Joe (2016). A warrior of the people : how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender inequality to become America's first Indian doctor. New York. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-250-08534-4. OCLC 959372317.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b "The Graduates - The Triangle". The Triangle. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  8. ^ a b "Prominent People of Minato City: Keiko Okami". Minato City Administration. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  9. ^ "Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church". Woman's Work for Woman and Our Mission Field. IV. Women's Foreign Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church: 136, 333. 1889.