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According to some scholars, Otaki is known to have been a [[prostitution|prostitute]] indentured to the Hikita-ya brothel in Nagasaki's [[Maruyama|Yoriai district]], while other sources suggest that she may have simply posed as a prostitute in order to gain access to [[Dejima]].<ref>Stanley, 93; Lionel Lambourne, ''Japonisme: Cultural Crossings Between Japan and the West'', London: Phaidon (2005), 20.</ref> Ordinary townswomen were forbidden from marrying foreigners, but a courtesan of one of the Maruyama or Yoriai brothels could be hired by a foreigner (such as Siebold) for an indefinite period of time. Taki lived with Siebold for six years, until he was deported and banished from Japan in [[1829]], on accusations of espionage, when he was found with maps of the country given him as gifts by Japanese scholars.

According to some scholars, Otaki is known to have been a [[prostitution|prostitute]] indentured to the Hikita-ya brothel in Nagasaki's [[Maruyama|Yoriai district]], while other sources suggest that she may have simply posed as a prostitute in order to gain access to [[Dejima]].<ref>Stanley, 93; Lionel Lambourne, ''Japonisme: Cultural Crossings Between Japan and the West'', London: Phaidon (2005), 20.</ref> Ordinary townswomen were forbidden from marrying foreigners, but a courtesan of one of the Maruyama or Yoriai brothels could be hired by a foreigner (such as Siebold) for an indefinite period of time. Taki lived with Siebold for six years, until he was deported and banished from Japan in [[1829]], on accusations of espionage, when he was found with maps of the country given him as gifts by Japanese scholars.

Following Siebold's deportation, Taki married a Japanese man, with whom she raised Oine.

Following Siebold's deportation, Taki married a Japanese man, Tawaraya Tokujirô (d. [[1851]]),<ref>Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 98.</ref> with whom she raised Oine.

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