Ôtomo Yoshimune was the eldest son and successor to [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] as lord of [[Bungo province]]. His mother was the anti-[[Christianity|Christian]] wife of Sôrin, known today only by the [[Jesuit|Jesuits']] epithet for her, [[Otomo Nata Jezebel|Jezebel]].<ref>Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 116.</ref> | Ôtomo Yoshimune was the eldest son and successor to [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] as lord of [[Bungo province]]. His mother was the anti-[[Christianity|Christian]] wife of Sôrin, known today only by the [[Jesuit|Jesuits']] epithet for her, [[Otomo Nata Jezebel|Jezebel]].<ref>Haruko Nawata Ward, ''Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century'', Ashgate (2009), 116.</ref> |