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Hosokawa Gracia was the wife of ''daimyô'' [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai), and is famous as a prominent Christian convert of the late [[Sengoku period]].

Hosokawa Gracia was the wife of ''daimyô'' [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] (Sansai), and is famous as a prominent Christian convert of the late [[Sengoku period]].

3rd daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] and was married to [[Hosokawa Tadaoki]]. When her father killed [[Oda Nobunaga]], Gracia was for a time confined and was only taken back by her husband thanks to the intervention of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]]. According to tradition, Gracia was introduced to Christianity by [[Takayama Ukon]], and pursued it while Tadaoki was away fighting in Korea (1592-93, 1597-98), eventually being baptized. In 1600 she was left in [[Osaka castle]] by her husband as one of a number of wives to act as hostages by notable [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] loyalists. Soon afterwards, [[Ishida Mitsunari]] attempted to seize the women to influence their husbands, and in the attempt Gracia was killed - either on her orders or those of her husband.  

She was born in [[1563]], the third daughter of [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] and [[Fuseya]] (daughter of [[Tsumaki Norihiro]]).

 

Tama was married to Hosokawa Tadaoki in [[1578]], when they were both 15 years old. The couple lived at the temple [[Seiryu-ji|Seiryû-ji]] for a time, before Tadaoki was made lord of [[Tanabe castle]]. There, Tama gave birth to their first daughter in [[1579]], and a son the following year.

 

After her father killed [[Oda Nobunaga]] in the [[1582]] [[Honno-ji Incident|Honnô-ji Incident]], Tama's mother and [[Akechi Mitsuyoshi|brother]] were also killed (or committed suicide). Tama was not killed, but was divorced, and was for a time confined in a remote mountain village by Tadaoki. She was taken back by her husband two years later, in [[1584]], thanks to the intervention of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi]]. According to tradition, Gracia was introduced to Christianity by [[Takayama Ukon]], and pursued it while Tadaoki was away fighting in Korea (1592-93, 1597-98), eventually being baptized. In 1600 she was left in [[Osaka castle]] by her husband as one of a number of wives to act as hostages by notable [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] loyalists. Soon afterwards, [[Ishida Mitsunari]] attempted to seize the women to influence their husbands, and in the attempt Gracia was killed - either on her orders or those of her husband.  

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