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[[Image:Suzuki Harunobu - Osen of the Kagiya.jpg|right|thumb|240px|One of the more famous depictions of Kasamori Osen, serving a man who has been variously identified as a samurai, on account of his swords, or a [[kabuki]] actor merely dressed as a samurai. ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' woodblock print by [[Suzuki Harunobu]], c. 1768-69. Brooklyn Museum.]]
*''Born: [[1751]]''
*''Died: [[1827]]/1/29''
*''Japanese'': 笠森お仙 ''(Kasamori Osen)''
Kasamori Osen was a waitress at the Kagiya teashop near Kasamori [[Inari]] Shrine in Yanaka, a neighborhood of Edo; the shop was owned by her father, Kagiya Gohei. Osen was made famous as a local beauty by a number of ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists of the time, [[Suzuki Harunobu]] first among them, who took her as the subject of their prints.
Along with [[Ofuji]] of the Hon'yanagi toothpick shop and [[Oyoshi]] of the Tsutaya teahouse, she was apparently categorized as one of "The Three Beauties" in at least one publication of the times (the 1779 ''Ameuri Dohei-den'' <!--売飴土平伝--> by [[Ota Nampo|Ôta Nampô]], who had also mentioned her in a work nine years earlier). Over time, her fame grew, and she appeared not only in single-sheet prints, but also in woodblock printed books, [[kabuki]] plays, and in doll form.<ref>"[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kasamoriosen.htm Kasamori Osen]". JAANUS. 2001. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.</ref> Some ''[[Nihonga]]'' painters, such as [[Masuda Gyokujo]], even painted her in the 20th century, harkening back to Harunobu.
Around age 17-19 when she was being painted by Harunobu, beginning in 1770/2, when she was 19, she disappeared from public view, and only her father was seen at the teashop. It is said many wondered what had happened to her and worried; she had married Kurachi Masanosuke<!--倉地政之助-->, a ''[[oniwaban]]'' (shogunate guard or spy), and had become sequestered away from public life, living in a mansion at the [[Sakuradamon]] for the rest of her long and, it is said, happy life.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AC%A0%E6%A3%AE%E3%81%8A%E4%BB%99 Kasamori Osen]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Asahi Shimbun-sha. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 24 February 2011.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Born: [[1751]]''
*''Died: [[1827]]/1/29''
*''Japanese'': 笠森お仙 ''(Kasamori Osen)''
Kasamori Osen was a waitress at the Kagiya teashop near Kasamori [[Inari]] Shrine in Yanaka, a neighborhood of Edo; the shop was owned by her father, Kagiya Gohei. Osen was made famous as a local beauty by a number of ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists of the time, [[Suzuki Harunobu]] first among them, who took her as the subject of their prints.
Along with [[Ofuji]] of the Hon'yanagi toothpick shop and [[Oyoshi]] of the Tsutaya teahouse, she was apparently categorized as one of "The Three Beauties" in at least one publication of the times (the 1779 ''Ameuri Dohei-den'' <!--売飴土平伝--> by [[Ota Nampo|Ôta Nampô]], who had also mentioned her in a work nine years earlier). Over time, her fame grew, and she appeared not only in single-sheet prints, but also in woodblock printed books, [[kabuki]] plays, and in doll form.<ref>"[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kasamoriosen.htm Kasamori Osen]". JAANUS. 2001. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.</ref> Some ''[[Nihonga]]'' painters, such as [[Masuda Gyokujo]], even painted her in the 20th century, harkening back to Harunobu.
Around age 17-19 when she was being painted by Harunobu, beginning in 1770/2, when she was 19, she disappeared from public view, and only her father was seen at the teashop. It is said many wondered what had happened to her and worried; she had married Kurachi Masanosuke<!--倉地政之助-->, a ''[[oniwaban]]'' (shogunate guard or spy), and had become sequestered away from public life, living in a mansion at the [[Sakuradamon]] for the rest of her long and, it is said, happy life.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AC%A0%E6%A3%AE%E3%81%8A%E4%BB%99 Kasamori Osen]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Asahi Shimbun-sha. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 24 February 2011.</ref>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]