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Takehime, or Princess Take, was an adopted daughter of both Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]] and [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and wife of [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]], lord of [[Satsuma han]].

Takehime, or Princess Take, was an adopted daughter of both Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]] and [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and wife of [[Shimazu Tsugutoyo]], lord of [[Satsuma han]].

She was born in [[Kyoto]], the daughter of [[Dainagon]] [[Seikanji Hirosada]]<!--清閑寺凞定-->, and was brought at a very young age to [[Edo]] to meet her aunt, who was a concubine to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. She was adopted by Tsunayoshi in [[1708]] (at age 3), and was engaged to [[Matsudaira Masakuni]], lord of [[Aizu han]], and then to Prince [[Arisugawa Masahito]], but both died before they were married. Tsunayoshi, along with [[Konoe Hiroko]] (wife of Tsunayoshi's heir [[Tokugawa Ienobu]]), then made a proposal to Shimazu Tsugutoyo, which was accepted. Tsugutoyo and Takehime were betrothed, and after Takehime was formally adopted by Tokugawa Yoshimune, the two were married in [[1729]]. She gave birth to a daughter, [[Kikuhime]], in [[1733]], and raised [[Shimazu Munenobu]] as her adopted son as well.

She was born in [[Kyoto]], the daughter of [[Dainagon]] [[Seikanji Hirosada]]<!--清閑寺凞定-->, and was brought at a very young age to [[Edo]] to meet her aunt, who was a concubine to Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. She was adopted by Tsunayoshi in [[1708]] (at age 3), and was engaged to [[Matsudaira Masakuni]], lord of [[Aizu han]], and then to Prince [[Arisugawa Tadahito]], but both died before they were married. Tsunayoshi, along with [[Konoe Hiroko]] (wife of Tsunayoshi's heir [[Tokugawa Ienobu]]) and [[Renjo-in|Renjô-in]] (one of Ienobu's prominent concubines), then made a proposal to Shimazu Tsugutoyo, which was resisted (on account of fears that Tsugutoyo would die as her previous fiancées had), but ultimately accepted. Tsugutoyo and Takehime were betrothed, and after Takehime was formally adopted by Tokugawa Yoshimune, the two were married on [[1729]]/12/11. She gave birth to a daughter, [[Kikuhime]], in [[1733]], and raised [[Shimazu Munenobu]] as her adopted son as well.

Tsugutoyo stepped down as ''daimyô'' in [[1746]], and was succeeded by Munenobu. Tsugutoyo then died in [[1760]].

Tsugutoyo stepped down as ''daimyô'' in [[1746]], and was succeeded by Munenobu. Tsugutoyo then died in [[1760]].

*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E7%B6%99%E8%B1%8A-1080940 Shimazu Tsugutoyo]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.

*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B3%B6%E6%B4%A5%E7%B6%99%E8%B1%8A-1080940 Shimazu Tsugutoyo]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.

*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/simadzu09.html Takehime]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.

*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/simadzu09.html Takehime]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.

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