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* ''Died: [[1624]]''
 
* ''Died: [[1624]]''
 
* ''Other names: One, Nene''
 
* ''Other names: One, Nene''
* Japanese: 高台院
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* ''Title: Kita no madokoro
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* ''Japanese'': 高台院 ''(Koudai-in)''
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* ''Distinction: Wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]
  
  
Kôdai-In was the wife of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].
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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 nun, retiring to the [[Kodai-ji|Kôdaiji]] in [[Kyoto]] (where the tombs of Hideyoshi, his mother, and, later, [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] came to rest) in [[1601]]. Despite their over 30-year relationship, she produced no children with Hideyoshi.  
She built [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto [[1605]] , Kôdai-In and [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]]  
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She built [[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] in Kyoto [[1605]], and Kôdai-in and [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]] were buried in the temple.
were buried in the temple.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E5%8F%B0%E9%99%A2 Koudai-In] ''From Japanese Wikipedia''
 
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E5%8F%B0%E9%99%A2 Koudai-In] ''From Japanese Wikipedia''
  

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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 nun, retiring to the Kôdaiji in Kyoto (where the tombs of Hideyoshi, his mother, and, later, Toyotomi Hideyori came to rest) in 1601. Despite their over 30-year relationship, she produced no children with Hideyoshi. She built Kôdai-ji in Kyoto 1605, and Kôdai-in and Hideyoshi were buried in the temple.

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