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[[Image:Keishoin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Plaque dedicated to Keishôin, at [[Imamiya Shrine]] in [[Kyoto]].]]
*''Born: [[1628]]''
*''Died: [[1705]]''
*''Childhood Name'': 玉 ''(Tama)''
*''Japanese'': 桂昌院 ''(Keishouin)''
Keishôin was a member of the ''[[ooku|Ôoku]]'' of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], and mother of [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]].
She was born in [[1628]], the second daughter of a [[Nishijin]] grocer. In her childhood, she was called Tama. She was later adopted by [[Honjo Munetoshi|Honjô Munetoshi]], steward<!--家司--> for [[Kanpaku]] [[Nijo Mitsuhira|Nijô Mitsuhira]]. Traveling to [[Edo]] as the result of some interaction or connection with O-Ume, daughter of Rokujô Yûjun (a member of the Ôoku), Tama entered the Ôoku herself as a concubine of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, and eventually gave birth to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who would grow up to be Shogun himself. After Tsunayoshi became Shogun in [[1680]], she took up residence in the ''san-no-maru'' (third bailey) of [[Edo castle]], and came to be known as San-no-maru-dono as a result.
In [[1702]], she rose to the [[court ranks|Junior First Rank]], and many members of her family, beginning with her (adoptive) younger brother [[Honjo Munesuke|Honjô Munesuke]], enjoyed the benefits of serving as direct shogunal vassals. It was around this time that her Buddhist devotion grew stronger, and she eventually took on the Buddhist name Keishôin.
She died in [[1705]], at the age of 79.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A1%82%E6%98%8C%E9%99%A2 Keishôin]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*Plaque at [[Imamiya Shrine]], [[Kyoto]].
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Born: [[1628]]''
*''Died: [[1705]]''
*''Childhood Name'': 玉 ''(Tama)''
*''Japanese'': 桂昌院 ''(Keishouin)''
Keishôin was a member of the ''[[ooku|Ôoku]]'' of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], and mother of [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]].
She was born in [[1628]], the second daughter of a [[Nishijin]] grocer. In her childhood, she was called Tama. She was later adopted by [[Honjo Munetoshi|Honjô Munetoshi]], steward<!--家司--> for [[Kanpaku]] [[Nijo Mitsuhira|Nijô Mitsuhira]]. Traveling to [[Edo]] as the result of some interaction or connection with O-Ume, daughter of Rokujô Yûjun (a member of the Ôoku), Tama entered the Ôoku herself as a concubine of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, and eventually gave birth to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who would grow up to be Shogun himself. After Tsunayoshi became Shogun in [[1680]], she took up residence in the ''san-no-maru'' (third bailey) of [[Edo castle]], and came to be known as San-no-maru-dono as a result.
In [[1702]], she rose to the [[court ranks|Junior First Rank]], and many members of her family, beginning with her (adoptive) younger brother [[Honjo Munesuke|Honjô Munesuke]], enjoyed the benefits of serving as direct shogunal vassals. It was around this time that her Buddhist devotion grew stronger, and she eventually took on the Buddhist name Keishôin.
She died in [[1705]], at the age of 79.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A1%82%E6%98%8C%E9%99%A2 Keishôin]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*Plaque at [[Imamiya Shrine]], [[Kyoto]].
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Samurai]]