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Created page with "*''Born: 1571'' *''Died: 1630'' *''Other Names'': 亀寿姫 ''(Kameju hime)'', 持明院 ''(Jimeiin)'', ジメイさぁ ''(jimei saa)'' *''Japanese'': 島津亀寿..."
*''Born: [[1571]]''
*''Died: [[1630]]''
*''Other Names'': 亀寿姫 ''(Kameju hime)'', 持明院 ''(Jimeiin)'', ジメイさぁ ''(jimei saa)''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]亀寿 ''(Shimazu Kameju)''
Shimazu Kameju, or Kameju-hime, was the third daughter of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], 16th head of the [[Shimazu clan]], and wife to the 18th clan head, [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]].
When Yoshihisa was defeated by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in [[1587]] and forced to submit to Hideyoshi's authority, Kameju was taken as a hostage. She later married Shimazu Iehisa, an adopted son of her uncle [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]].
Kameju died in [[1630]], and was given the posthumous Buddhist name Jimei-in; from this, she has come to be known affectionately in local stories as "Jimei saa". Her spirit is enshrined at [[Tsurugane Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], alongside many other members of the Shimazu clan; because of her supposed great beauty, many people are said to pray there, to her spirit, for beauty for themselves.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Tsurugane Shrine.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15334651301/sizes/h/]
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*''Died: [[1630]]''
*''Other Names'': 亀寿姫 ''(Kameju hime)'', 持明院 ''(Jimeiin)'', ジメイさぁ ''(jimei saa)''
*''Japanese'': [[島津]]亀寿 ''(Shimazu Kameju)''
Shimazu Kameju, or Kameju-hime, was the third daughter of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], 16th head of the [[Shimazu clan]], and wife to the 18th clan head, [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]].
When Yoshihisa was defeated by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in [[1587]] and forced to submit to Hideyoshi's authority, Kameju was taken as a hostage. She later married Shimazu Iehisa, an adopted son of her uncle [[Shimazu Yoshihiro]].
Kameju died in [[1630]], and was given the posthumous Buddhist name Jimei-in; from this, she has come to be known affectionately in local stories as "Jimei saa". Her spirit is enshrined at [[Tsurugane Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], alongside many other members of the Shimazu clan; because of her supposed great beauty, many people are said to pray there, to her spirit, for beauty for themselves.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Tsurugane Shrine.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15334651301/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]