Grave of Kiyo-hime at Keifuku-ji, Himeji City.
Kiyo-hime was the wife of Sakai Tadanori, lord of Himeji han.
The 25th daughter of Shogun Tokugawa Ienari, she was married to Sakai Tadanori in 1832. She had one son, and a daughter, Kiso-hime, who was then married to Sakai Tadatomi, Tadanori's adopted son & successor.
Following her death in 1868, she was buried at Keifuku-ji in Himeji, along with many of the other women of the Sakai clan.
References
- Plaques on-site at Keifuku-ji.[1]