Difference between revisions of "Chiyohime"
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Chiyohime was the wife of [[Tokugawa Mitsutomo]] (third lord of [[Owari han]]), and the daughter of Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] & his concubine [[Ofuri-no-kata (d. 1640)|Ofuri-no-kata]]. | Chiyohime was the wife of [[Tokugawa Mitsutomo]] (third lord of [[Owari han]]), and the daughter of Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] & his concubine [[Ofuri-no-kata (d. 1640)|Ofuri-no-kata]]. | ||
| − | In [[1652]], | + | She was married to Mitsutomo in [[1638]], when she was two years old (by the [[Age Calculation|traditional Japanese count]]).<ref>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'', Brill (2017), 124-125.</ref> |
| + | |||
| + | In [[1652]], Chiyohime commissioned the construction of the Jishô-in Mausoleum to host memorial services for her mother. The mausoleum, which survives today at the [[Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum]], is a valuable example of early [[Edo period]] architecture. | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
| Line 11: | Line 13: | ||
*Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum pamphlet. | *Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum pamphlet. | ||
*Plaques on-site at Jishô-in Mausoleum at Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum. | *Plaques on-site at Jishô-in Mausoleum at Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum. | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Women]] | [[Category:Women]] | ||
[[Category:Edo Period]] | [[Category:Edo Period]] | ||
[[Category:Samurai]] | [[Category:Samurai]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:30, 30 September 2017
- Born: 1637
- Japanese: 千代姫 (Chiyohime)
Chiyohime was the wife of Tokugawa Mitsutomo (third lord of Owari han), and the daughter of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu & his concubine Ofuri-no-kata.
She was married to Mitsutomo in 1638, when she was two years old (by the traditional Japanese count).[1]
In 1652, Chiyohime commissioned the construction of the Jishô-in Mausoleum to host memorial services for her mother. The mausoleum, which survives today at the Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum, is a valuable example of early Edo period architecture.
References
- Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum pamphlet.
- Plaques on-site at Jishô-in Mausoleum at Edo-Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum.
- ↑ 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, Brill (2017), 124-125.
