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*''Japanese:'' 和宮 ''Kazu-no-Miya (Princess Kazu)''
[[Image:和宮親子内親王.jpg|right|thumb|Kazu-no-Miya]]
*''Born: [[1846]]''
*''Died: [[1877]]''
*''Personal name:'' 親子 ''Chikako''
*''Personal name:'' 親子 ''Chikako''
*''Buddhist name:'' 静寛院宮 ''Seikan-in-no-miya''
*''Buddhist name:'' 静寛院宮 ''Seikan-in-no-miya''
*''Born: 1846
*''Japanese:'' 和宮 ''Kazu-no-Miya (Princess Kazu)''
Kazu-no-Miya was the eighth daughter of [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] (r. [[1817]]-[[1846]]). She is known chiefly as the wife of Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], and for the large and impressive entourage which accompanied her on her formal journey to [[Edo]] in [[1861]] for that marriage.
Kazu-no-Miya was the daughter of [[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] (1800-1846). She was engaged to [[Prince Arisugawa Taruhito]], but later her marriage with the young shogun Iemochi was decided upon as part of the "[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]] ("Union of Emperor and Shogunate") policy. In [[1861]] she went to Edo via the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]] in a huge procession<ref>For the logistical problems involved, see "The Story of Princess Kazunomiya" http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/kazunomy.htm</ref> and married Iemochi the [[1862|next year]]. This was perhaps the largest procession to ever march down the Nakasendô, and it included some 20,000 samurai, ''[[kuge]]'', and others. All along the route, commoners watching from the sides of the road were obliged to prostrate themselves when the princess' palanquin passed; men sitting on the earthen floor (''[[doma]]'') outside of their homes, and women and children from atop the floor within their homes, or from viewing boxes set up for the occasion.<ref>Gallery labels, "Edo-zu-byôbu to gyôretsu" exhibition, National Museum of Japanese History, Sept 2014.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15434468333/sizes/h/]</ref>
She was at one time engaged to [[Prince Arisugawa Taruhito]], but later (in [[1860]]) her marriage with the young shogun Iemochi was decided upon as part of the "[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]] ("Union of Emperor and Shogunate") policy. In 1861 she went to Edo via the [[Nakasendo|Nakasendô]] in a huge procession<ref>For the logistical problems involved, see "The Story of Princess Kazunomiya" http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/kazunomy.htm</ref> and married Iemochi the [[1862|next year]]. This was perhaps the largest procession to ever march down the Nakasendô, and it included some 20,000 samurai, ''[[kuge]]'', and others. All along the route, commoners watching from the sides of the road were obliged to prostrate themselves when the princess' palanquin passed; men sitting on the earthen floor (''[[doma]]'') outside of their homes, and women and children from atop the floor within their homes, or from viewing boxes set up for the occasion.<ref>Gallery labels, "Edo-zu-byôbu to gyôretsu" exhibition, National Museum of Japanese History, Sept 2014.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15434468333/sizes/h/]</ref>
However, Iemochi died in [[1866]], and Kazu-no-Miya became a nun, taking the name Seikan-in. At the end of the [[Boshin War]] she, the aunt of [[Emperor Meiji]], appealed to the victors for the continuance of the Tokugawa family.
However, Iemochi died in [[1866]], and Kazu-no-Miya became a nun, taking the name Seikan-in. At the end of the [[Boshin War]] she, the aunt of [[Emperor Meiji]], appealed to the victors for the continuance of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa family]].
She died of beriberi in [[1877]] and was given a splendid state funeral procession.<ref> Described in detail in Clara A. N. Whitney, ''Clara's Diary: An American Girl in Meiji Japan,'' Kodansha, 1979.</ref>
She died of beriberi in [[1877]] and was given a splendid state funeral procession.<ref>Described in detail in Clara A. N. Whitney, ''Clara's Diary: An American Girl in Meiji Japan,'' Kodansha, 1979.</ref>
==Historical materials==
==Historical materials==
