Seishin-ni (清心尼, 1585/1586 – June 1644), born as Hachinohe Neneko (八戸子子子) or Nene (祢々), Mego (女古,女子) was a Japanese noble woman from the

Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...

and early

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

. She became the 21st leader of the Hachinohe clan after the death of her husband, Hachinohe Naomasa, in 1614.

Life

Hachinohe Neneko born in 1585 or 1586, she was the daughter of the 19th head of Hachinohe clan, Hachinohe Naoe, and her mother was Lady Chiyoko (

Nanbu Nobunao was a Sengoku period Japanese samurai, and ''daimyō'' and the 26th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan. His courtesy title was ''Daizen Daibu'', and his Court rank was Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade. Nobunao was the second son of Nanbu M ...

's daughter), a noble lady of the powerful

Nanbu clan The was a Japanese clan, Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Nanbu claimed descent from the Seiwa Ge ...

. In 1595, Naoe died early, and at the age of 10, Neneko married Hachinohe Naomasa, who was one year younger. In June 1614, months before the

Siege of Osaka A siege () . is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault. Siege warfare (also called siegecrafts or poliorcetics) is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict charact ...

began, Naomasa died in Takada,

Echigo Province was an old provinces of Japan, old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan. It bordered on Uzen Province, Uzen, Iwashiro Province, Iwashiro, Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Shinano Province, Shinano, and Etchū Province, ...

, and their son Hisamatsu died shortly afterwards, so Neneko became the head of the family. This was due to the order of Nanbu Toshinao, the lord of the Nanbu clan. Toshinao advised her to remarry, but she refused, shaved her hair, became a nun, and changed her name to Seishin-ni. Toshinao further recommended adoption with the Nanbu hanshi, but Seishin-ni also refused. In 1620, the Nitta clan, a family related to the Hachinohe clan, handed over Naoyoshi to marry their second daughter, succeeding the clan's leadership. In 1627, Toshinao transferred Naoyoshi from Nejo to Tono, Seishin-ni followed. As Naoyoshi was primarily in Morioka as the Southern Clan's main retainer, Seishin-ni later ruled over Tono. Seishin-ni died at Yokota Castle in June 1644.

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Novels

* "Katadzuno!" (2014) by Kyoko Nakajima * "Seishin-ni" (2017) by Jikoku Matsuda Manga * "Katadzuno!" (2019) by Tomoko Sato, based on the original work by Kyoko Nakajima.

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Women of the Sengoku period Samurai 16th-century Japanese nobility 16th-century Japanese women 17th-century Japanese women 17th-century women rulers People of the Edo period 1580s births Year of birth uncertain Date of birth unknown 1644 deaths Daimyo Female castellans in Japan {{Daimyo-stub

Life

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