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''Gorenjû'' (lit. "behind/inside the screens") was a term used to refer to the wives of shogunal heirs, and to the wives of heads of the [[Gosanke]] ([[Tokugawa clan]] branch houses).
''Gorenjû'' (lit. "behind/inside the screens") was a term used to refer to the wives of shogunal heirs, and to the wives of heads of the [[Gosanke]] ([[Tokugawa clan]] branch houses).
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==References==
*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'', 136.
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