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 took up her naginata and assisted her husband and Torii Suneemon on the mission to cross the enemy army to request aid from Ieyasu in Okazaki and defended the castle in the Siege of Nagashino. After Ieyasu's death she had a larg part in the overthrow of Honda Masazumi whom she disliked[3].
In 1625, Kamehime died at age 66, her Buddhist name was Seitokuin and her remains were buried in Kokoku-ji Temple.
References
- ^ Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institiute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 379. 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.
- ^ a b Sadler, A. L. (2010). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Routledge. ISBN 1136924701. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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