Osume was a concubine of [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], second in rank to [[Hoshin-in|Okomu no kata]] among his concubines.
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Renjô-in, also known as Osume no kata, was a concubine of [[Tokugawa Ienobu]], second in rank to [[Hoshin-in|Okomu no kata]] among his concubines.
She gave birth to Ienobu's second son, but the boy died within two years.
She gave birth to Ienobu's second son, but the boy died within two years.
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==References==
==References==
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*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 136.
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*Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 136, 139.