Hamuro Mitsuko
Hamuro Mitsuko was the first concubine of the Emperor Meiji, and the mother of his first child Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto. Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto was stillborn, and Mitsuko died of complications from his delivery five days later. Mitsuko was assisted in the delivery by Kusumoto Ine, the first woman doctor of western medical training in Japan.
Mitsuko's tomb is at Toshimagaoka Imperial Cemetery at Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
