Kamehime
Kamehime (亀姫, 27 July 1560 – 1 August 1625) was a Japanese woman from the Sengoku period. She was the eldest daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his first wife, Lady Tsukiyama.[1]
She married Okudaira Nobumasa.[2] The marriage was arranged as a reward for Nobumasa, who had proven himself as the guardian of Nagashino Castle.[3] It is said that her dowry included one of the twenty-one prized writing boxes of crafted by Koami masters.[4] She is known to have acted actively in the siege of Nagashino.[5] Kamehime helped her husband and send Torii Suneemon on the mission to cross the enemy army to request aid to her father, Ieyasu in Okazaki and defended the Nagashino castle.[6]
After Ieyasu's death she had a large part in the overthrow of Honda Masazumi, whom she disliked.[5]
In 1625, Kamehime died at age 66. Her Buddhist name was Seitokuin and her remains were buried in Kokoku-ji Temple.
Family
- Father: Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Mother: Lady Tsukiyama
- Husband: Okudaira Nobumasa
- Children:
- Okudaira Iemasa (1577–1614) of Utsunomiya Domain.
- Matsudaira Ieharu (1579–1592).
- Matsudaira Tadaaki
- Okudaira Tadamasa
- Daughter married Okubo Tadatsune of Kisai Domain.
Legacy
Since April 2008, Kamehime has been characterized as a navigator for a municipal administration program produced in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture. The street in front of Kokoku-ji Temple, where her grave is located, has been maintained as "Kamehime-dori" following the redevelopment work in front of Shinshiro Station.
References
- ^ Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 379. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Papinot, Edmond (1909). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan: With 300 Illustrations, 18 Appendixes and Several Maps. Librairie Sansaisha. p. 667.
- ^ Findlen, Paula (1 March 2021). Early Modern Things: Objects and their Histories, 1500-1800. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-05572-7.
- ^ N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York; Watt, James C. Y.; Ford, Barbara Brennan (1991). East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 254. ISBN 0-87099-622-3.
- ^ a b Sadler, A. L. (2010). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136924705. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Pitelka, Morgan (2015). Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824857349. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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