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*''Died: [[1666]]''

*''Died: [[1666]]''

Princess Sen has been characterized in numerous Japanese dramas and movies as well as manga and anime. The historical Sen-hime was linked at birth or marriage to the most famous people of the Sengoku Era. Her maternal grandmother was [[Oichi]], the sister of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and her father and mother were [[Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada]] and [[Lady Oeyo]]. At six years old, her grandfather married her off to [[Toyotomi Hideyori]], who was the son of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Yodo-gimi]]. Before Hideyoshi died in [[1598]], Ieyasu and other daimyo promised to protect Hideyori, but in [[1614]] and [[1615]], Ieyasu and Hidetada led two battles against Hideyori at [[Osaka castle]]. At the end of the second battle, before Hideyori and his mother committed suicide in the fire, Sen-hime (Nineteen years old) and her stepdaughter [[Naahime|Naa-hime]] (seven years old) were allowed to escape the castle. It was Sen-hime’s idea to ask her grandfather to save Naa-hime.

Princess Sen has been characterized in numerous Japanese dramas and movies as well as manga and anime. The historical Sen-hime was linked at birth or marriage to the most famous people of the Sengoku Era. Her maternal grandmother was [[Oichi]], the sister of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and her father and mother were Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] and Lady [[Oeyo]]. At six years old, her grandfather married her off to [[Toyotomi Hideyori]], who was the son of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Yodo|Yodo-gimi]]. Before Hideyoshi died in [[1598]], Ieyasu and other daimyo promised to protect Hideyori, but in [[1614]] and [[1615]], Ieyasu and Hidetada led two battles against Hideyori at [[Osaka castle]]. At the end of the second battle, before Hideyori and his mother committed suicide in the fire, Sen-hime (Nineteen years old) and her stepdaughter [[Naahime|Naa-hime]] (seven years old) were allowed to escape the castle. It was Sen-hime’s idea to ask her grandfather to save Naa-hime.

Next, Ieyasu arranged Sen-hime’s marriage to Daimyo [[Honda Tadatoki]] of [[Himeji castle]]. They had two children. When Honda died 10 years later, Sen-hime took vows as a nun with the name [[Tenjuin]] and lived in [[Edo]] until her death at the age of 70. Sen-hime did not stay cloistered as a nun. She had a connection with both [[Tokeiji]] and [[Mantokuji]] convents (the only two sanctuaries for women who were threatened or abused in Edo period Japan). Inspired by Tokeiji’s Divorce system, Sen-hime established this system at Mantokuji, a [[Kamakura Era]] temple founded by the Tokugawa Clan in Gunma-ken.

Next, Ieyasu arranged Sen-hime’s marriage to Daimyo [[Honda Tadatoki]] of [[Himeji castle]]. They had two children. When Honda died 10 years later, Sen-hime took vows as a nun with the name [[Tenjuin]] and lived in [[Edo]] until her death at the age of 70. Sen-hime did not stay cloistered as a nun. She had a connection with both [[Tokeiji]] and [[Mantokuji]] convents (the only two sanctuaries for women who were threatened or abused in Edo period Japan). Inspired by Tokeiji’s Divorce system, Sen-hime established this system at Mantokuji, a [[Kamakura Era]] temple founded by the Tokugawa Clan in Gunma-ken.