Kamehime

Kamehime (亀姫, 27 July 1560 - 1 August 1625) was the eldest daughter[1] of Tokugawa Ieyasu[2] with his wife, Lady Tsukiyama. She married Okudaira Nobumasa[3], with him she had 4 sons and 1 daughter: Okudaira Iemasa (1577-1614) of Utsunomiya Domain, Matsudaira Ieharu (1579-1592), Matsudaira Tadaaki, Okudaira Tadamasa, daughter married Okubo Tadatsune of Kisai Domain. She is known to have assisted her husband in the Siege of Nagashino and helped overthrow Honda Masazumi[3].

In 1625, Kamehime died at age 66, her Buddhist name was Seitokuin and her remains were buried in Kokoku-ji Temple.

References

  1. ↑ Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institiute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 379. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Pitelka, Morgan (2015). Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824857349. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 Sadler, A. L. (2010). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Routledge. ISBN 1136924701. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.