Inside the Ooku: 8 Concubines of Japan Shogun | Tokugawa Iemitsu

During the last Shogunate regime in Japan, Tokugawa shogunate, the shogun’s mother, his wife, his concubines and thousands of female servants lived in a place called the Ooku (大奥).

After Tokugawa Iemitsu succeeded as the third shogun, he did not have any concubines for a long time. Rumor has it that he liked man instead of women. But everything changed when his first concubine entered the Ooku.

#Ooku the inner chamber

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