In the early Meiji era, she became a geigi (geisha, that is, a woman who gives fun with a song, a dance or a music instrument at a feast) of Kashiwaya in Shinbashi, Tokyo, and she was accepted by the name of Kosuzu (Kokane).
明治の初めに東京新橋柏屋の芸妓となり小鈴（小兼）の名で通る。