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*''Birth: 1579''

*''Birth: 1579''

*''Death: 1643''

*''Death: 1643''

Lady Kasuga was a daughter of [[Saito Toshimitsu|Saitô Toshimitsu]], and wife of [[Inaba Masanari]]. She was recommended to Tokugawa Ieyasu by [[Itakura Katsushige]] for the position of wet nurse for Takechiyo (the future third Shogun, [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]), but it is theorized that Ieyasu himself chose her for the job as repayment for her husband's hand in convincing [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]] to join the Eastern army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]].

Lady Kasuga was a daughter of [[Saito Toshimitsu|Saitô Toshimitsu]], and wife of [[Inaba Masanari]], known chiefly for her role as wetnurse to the young Tokugawa Takechiyo (who later became [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]). She was recommended to Tokugawa Ieyasu by [[Itakura Katsushige]] for the position of wet nurse for Takechiyo, but it is theorized that Ieyasu himself chose her for the job as repayment for her husband's hand in convincing [[Kobayakawa Hideaki]] to join the Eastern army at [[Battle of Sekigahara|Sekigahara]].

Lady Kasuga supported Iemitsu's rise to the position of Shogun, and is widely accepted as having played a pivotal role in him being appointed to the position over his younger brother [[Tokugawa Tadanaga|Tadanaga]].   

Lady Kasuga supported Iemitsu's rise to the position of Shogun, and is widely accepted as having played a pivotal role in him being appointed to the position over his younger brother [[Tokugawa Tadanaga|Tadanaga]].   

* Dykstra, Yoshiko. ''The Shôgun's Woman: Lady Kasuga'' University of Hawaii, Center for Japanese Studies lecture. Honolulu, Hawaii. 9 November, 2006.

* Dykstra, Yoshiko. ''The Shôgun's Woman: Lady Kasuga'' University of Hawaii, Center for Japanese Studies lecture. Honolulu, Hawaii. 9 November, 2006.

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