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* ''Died: [[1624]]''
* ''Died: [[1624]]''
* ''Other names: One, Nene''
* ''Other names: One, Nene''
* Japanese: 高台院
* ''Title: Kita no madokoro
* ''Japanese'': 高台院 ''(Koudai-in)''
* ''Distinction: Wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]
Kôdai-in was the daughter of [[Sugihara Sadatoshi]] and married Hideyoshi around [[1561]]. She proved a trusted confidante to her husband and many letters written to her by Hideyoshi survive. She was given the title Kita no mandokoro after Hideyoshi assumed the post of [[Kampaku]] in [[1585]]. Her husband died in [[1598]] and she afterwards became a nun, retiring in [[1601]] to the [[Kodai-ji|Kôdaiji]] in [[Kyoto]] (where the tombs of Hideyoshi, his mother, and, later, [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] came to rest). Despite their over 30-year relationship, she produced no children with Hideyoshi.
She built [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto [[1605]], and Kôdai-in and [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]] were buried in the temple.
Koudai-In was the wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].
==References==
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* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E5%8F%B0%E9%99%A2 Koudai-In] ''From Japanese Wikipedia''
*''101 Letters of Hideyoshi : The private correspondence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.'' edited and translated by Adriana Boscaro. Sophia University, 1975 (Monumenta Nipponica monographs:54).
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