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Tokugawa Iemitsu was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the ...

's daughter with his concubine, Ofuri no Kata (died 1640), daughter of Oka Shigemasa, also known as Jishō'in. After Ofuri died, Chiyohime was adopted by Iemitsu's concubine, Oman no Kata (1624-1711), later Keishoin. She was married to

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, daimyō of

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, in 1640, when she was 2 years and 6 months old and Mitsutomo was fourteen. In 1652, she constructed a mausoleum for her mother named Jishō'in Mausoleum, which is now located in

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. She died in 1699 and was given the name . Chiyohime was Iemitsu's eldest daughter and was considered his favourite daughter as well. As a toddler, she became gravely ill. Her father, who had long been personally involved with in

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as a patron, appointed the Mantoku-ji rector, Shunchō, to perform the rituals to heal his daughter. After Chiyohime survived, Shunchō and the other nuns gained great popularity among the women in the shogun's household. The surviving remnants of the bridal trousseau for Chiyohime's marriage to Mitsutomo is preserved in the

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in Nagoya.

Family

* Father:

* Mother: Ofuri no Kata (died 1640) * Adopted Mother: Oman no Kata (1624-1711), later Eikō'in * Husband:

* Children: ** Tokugawa Tsunanari (1652-1699) ** Matsudaira Yoshiyuki (1656-1715) ** Toyohime (b.1655) ** Naohime (1658-1661)

References

1637 births 1699 deaths Tokugawa clan {{Japan-bio-stub