View source for Ofuri-no-kata (d. 1640)

[[File:Jishoin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Jishô-in Mausoleum at the Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum]]
*''Died: [[1640]]/8/21''
*''Other Names'': 自証院 ''(Jishou-in)''
*''Japanese'': お振の方 ''(Ofuri no kata)''

Ofuri-no-kata was a concubine of Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].

She was the daughter of [[Oka Shigemasa]], a retainer to [[Gamo Hideyuki|Gamô Hideyuki]], and entered the [[Ooku|Ôoku]] in [[1626]]. In [[1637]], she gave birth to [[Chiyohime]].

Following Ofuri's death in [[1640]], she was given the posthumous Buddhist name Jishô-in. In [[1652]], Chiyohime had a mausoleum constructed to serve as the site of memorial services for her mother. Originally located within the temple Jishô-ji in Ichigaya (in [[Edo]]), the Jishô-in Mausoleum now stands in the [[Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum]]. It was built by the [[Kora family|Kôra family]]<!--甲良-->, leading carpenters for the shogunate, who were also involved in the construction of [[Edo castle]] and [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].

The Jishô-in Mausoleum (''Jishô-in Otama-ya'') is one of the few early [[Edo period]] mausolea of this style to survive, and so is a valuable example of that style.

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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%8A%E6%8C%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%282%29 お振の方(2)]," ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.

[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Women]]