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Princess Sen has been characterized in numerous Japanese dramas and movies as well as manga and anime. The historical Sen-hime was linked at birth or marriage to the most famous people of the Sengoku Era. Her maternal grandmother was [[Oichi]], the sister of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and her father and mother were Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] and Lady [[Oeyo]].  

Princess Sen has been characterized in numerous Japanese dramas and movies as well as manga and anime. The historical Sen-hime was linked at birth or marriage to the most famous people of the Sengoku Era. Her maternal grandmother was [[Oichi]], the sister of [[Oda Nobunaga]]. Her paternal grandfather was [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] and her father and mother were Shogun [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] and Lady [[Oeyo]].  

In [[1603]], at six years old, her grandfather married her off to [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] (the son of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Yodo|Yodo-gimi]]) and sent her to live at [[Osaka castle]]. Before Hideyoshi died in [[1598]], Ieyasu and other daimyo promised to protect Hideyori, but in [[1614]] and [[1615]], Ieyasu and Hidetada led two battles against Hideyori at Osaka castle. At the end of the second battle, before Hideyori and his mother committed suicide in the fire, Sen-hime (then 19 years old) and her stepdaughter [[Naahime|Naa-hime]] (seven years old) were allowed to escape the castle. It was Sen-hime’s idea to ask her grandfather to save Naa-hime.

She was born in [[Fushimi]] in [[1597]].<ref>Kusaba Kayoko 草葉加代子, ''Kyôkaidô to Yodogawa shûun'' 京街道と淀川舟運. Osaka: Daikoro (2019), 51.</ref> In [[1603]], at six years old, her grandfather married her off to [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] (the son of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Yodo|Yodo-gimi]]) and sent her to live at [[Osaka castle]]. Before Hideyoshi died in [[1598]], Ieyasu and other daimyo promised to protect Hideyori, but in [[1614]] and [[1615]], Ieyasu and Hidetada led two battles against Hideyori at Osaka castle. At the end of the second battle, before Hideyori and his mother committed suicide in the fire, Sen-hime (then 19 years old) and her stepdaughter [[Naahime|Naa-hime]] (seven years old) were allowed to escape the castle. It was Sen-hime’s idea to ask her grandfather to save Naa-hime.

Next, Ieyasu arranged Sen-hime’s marriage to [[Honda Tadatoki]], lord of [[Himeji castle]], in [[1616]]. They had two children, one of whom was named [[Katsuhime]].<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 122.</ref> When Honda died 10 years later, Sen-hime took vows as a nun with the name Tenjuin and lived near Takebashi in [[Edo]] until her death at the age of 70. Sen-hime did not stay cloistered as a nun. She had a connection with both [[Tokeiji]] and [[Mantokuji]] convents (the only two sanctuaries for women who were threatened or abused in Edo period Japan). Inspired by Tokeiji’s divorce system, Sen-hime established this system at Mantokuji, a [[Kamakura period]] temple founded by the Tokugawa Clan in Gunma-ken.

Next, Ieyasu arranged Sen-hime’s marriage to [[Honda Tadatoki]], lord of [[Himeji castle]], in [[1616]]. They had two children, one of whom was named [[Katsuhime]].<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 122.</ref> When Honda died 10 years later, Sen-hime took vows as a nun with the name Tenjuin and lived near Takebashi in [[Edo]] until her death at the age of 70. Sen-hime did not stay cloistered as a nun. She had a connection with both [[Tokeiji]] and [[Mantokuji]] convents (the only two sanctuaries for women who were threatened or abused in Edo period Japan). Inspired by Tokeiji’s divorce system, Sen-hime established this system at Mantokuji, a [[Kamakura period]] temple founded by the Tokugawa Clan in Gunma-ken.