Yoshida Kanemi

• Born: 1535
• Died: 1610

Yoshida Kanemi was the head of Yoshida Shrine in Kyoto, and a prominent figure in court circles in the late 17th century, as well as having some association with figures such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga.

Kanemi was a relative of Hosokawa Fujitaka. His wife was named Seijo, and they had at least one child, a daughter named Michiyo.

References

• Rebecca Corbett, Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan, University of Hawaii Press (2018), 65.