Asahi-no-kata

• Born: 1543
• Died: 1590
• Other Names: Nanmyô-in

Asahi-no-kata was one of the chief wives (midaidokoro) of Tokugawa Ieyasu, marrying him in 1586.

Her father was named Chikuami. She was a half-sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; the two had the same mother.

References

• Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n110.