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[[Image:Tensyouin.jpg|right|thumb|Atsuhime]]

[[Image:Tensyouin.jpg|right|thumb|Atsuhime]]

Atsu-hime <ref>"Hime," often translated "princess," is a title used with the personal name of a woman of high rank, such as the daughter of a daimyo.</ref> was a daughter of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] [[Shimazu clan]], and,　for about two years, the wife of the thirteenth shogun, [[Tokugawa Iesada]] ([[1824]]-[[1858]]).  

Atsu-hime <ref>"Hime," often translated "princess," is a title used with the personal name of a woman of high rank, such as the daughter of a daimyo.</ref> was a daughter of the [[Imaizumi clan|Imaizumi]] [[Shimazu clan]], and, for about two years, the wife of the thirteenth shogun, [[Tokugawa Iesada]] ([[1824]]-[[1858]]).  

Born the daughter of [[Shimazu Tadatake]] (島津忠剛), in the Imaizumi mansion in Ibusuki, [[Satsuma province]], she was initially named Katsuko, or Okatsu. She was adopted by the lord of the fief, [[Shimazu Nariakira]], in [[1853]], given the name Atsu, and brought to Kagoshima. Though actually an adopted daughter, she was represented to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] as being Nariakira's biological daughter.<ref>See ''[[omote and uchi]]''.</ref><ref name=mansion>Plaques on-site at former site of Imaizumi Shimazu family mansion, Dairyû-chô, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066707939/sizes/h/]</ref> Atsuhime lived at [[Kagoshima castle]] for only two months, however, before moving to Kyoto in the 8th month that same year, and then relocating, yet again, to the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Shimazu clan mansion]] at Shiba in Edo, in the 10th month. The following year, in [[1856]]/7, she was adopted into the [[Konoe family]] and was given the name Konoe or Fujiwara Sumiko.<ref name=mansion/>

Born the daughter of [[Shimazu Tadatake]] (島津忠剛), in the Imaizumi mansion in Ibusuki, [[Satsuma province]], she was initially named Katsuko, or Okatsu. She was adopted by the lord of the fief, [[Shimazu Nariakira]], in [[1853]], given the name Atsu, and brought to Kagoshima. Though actually an adopted daughter, she was represented to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] as being Nariakira's biological daughter.<ref>See ''[[omote and uchi]]''.</ref><ref name=mansion>Plaques on-site at former site of Imaizumi Shimazu family mansion, Dairyû-chô, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066707939/sizes/h/]</ref> Atsuhime lived at [[Kagoshima castle]] for only two months, however, before moving to Kyoto in the 8th month that same year, and then relocating, yet again, to the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Shimazu clan mansion]] at Shiba in Edo, in the 10th month. The following year, in [[1856]]/7, she was adopted into the [[Konoe family]] and was given the name Konoe or Fujiwara Sumiko.<ref name=mansion/>