Background
Kei Oura Kei was born in 1828 in Nagasaki, Japan.
Kei Oura Kei was born in 1828 in Nagasaki, Japan.
In 1835, on the advice of a Dutchman, she sent samples of tea raised in Ureshino (Nagasaki Prefecture) to Britain, the United States and Arabia.
She was on intimate terms with a foreign merchant residing in Oura, Nagasaki, and was famous as O-Keisan of Oura.