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[[File:Kasuga.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Kasuga no Tsubone's grave at Rinshô-in in Tokyo]]
*''Birth: 1579''
*''Birth: 1579''
*''Death: 1643''
*''Death: 1643''
Lady Kasuga was a daughter of [[Saito Toshimitsu|Saitô Toshimitsu]], and wife of [[Inaba Masanari]]. She was recommended to Tokugawa Ieyasu by [[Itakura Katsushige]] for the position of wet nurse for Takechiyo (the future third Shogun, [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]), but it is theorized that Ieyasu himself chose her for the job as repayment for her husband's hand in convincing [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]] to join the Eastern army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]].
Lady Kasuga was a daughter of [[Saito Toshimitsu|Saitô Toshimitsu]], and wife of [[Inaba Masanari]], known chiefly for her role as wetnurse to the young Tokugawa Takechiyo (who later became [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]). She was recommended to Tokugawa Ieyasu by [[Itakura Katsushige]] for the position of wet nurse for Takechiyo, but it is theorized that Ieyasu himself chose her for the job as repayment for her husband's hand in convincing [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]] to join the Eastern army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]].
Lady Kasuga supported Iemitsu's rise to the position of Shogun, and is widely accepted as having played a pivotal role in him being appointed to the position over his younger brother [[Tokugawa Tadanaga|Tadanaga]].
Lady Kasuga supported Iemitsu's rise to the position of Shogun, and is widely accepted as having played a pivotal role in him being appointed to the position over his younger brother [[Tokugawa Tadanaga|Tadanaga]].
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