Matsu-hime

  • Japanese: 松姫 (Matsu hime)

Matsu-hime was an adoptive daughter of Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Born the daughter of Tokugawa Tsunanari, she was later adopted by Shogun Tsunayoshi, and married to Maeda Yoshinori on 1708/11/18.

References

  • Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850, 139-140.