Lady Kasuga
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Lady Kasuga was a Japanese noble lady and politician from a prominent Japanese samurai family of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. Born Saitō Fuku, she was a daughter of Saitō Toshimitsu. She was t
Portrait of Lady Kasuga
Kasuga no Tsubone fighting robbers - Adachi Ginko (c.1880)
Ōoku
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The Ōoku was historically the women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning shōgun resided. Similar areas in the castles of powerful daimyō, such as the Satsuma
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…negotiations with the Imperial Court and contributed to the stabilization of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Kasuga was one of the most powerful figures in the Ōoku (the quarters in Edo Castle where the women related to the Shogun family resided) . She is counted alongside Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Yagyu Muneyori…
Ukiyo-e depiction of the Ōoku by Hashimoto Chikanobu
Depiction of ikebana flower arranging at the Ōoku (by Hashimoto Chikanobu)
Women of the Ōoku enjoy cherry blossoms at a hanami. Moku-hanga in the ukiyo-e style (by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894)