Kamehime

Kamehime (亀姫, 27 July 1560 – 1 August 1625) was a Japanese woman from the Sengoku period. She was the eldest daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his wife, Lady Tsukiyama.^[1]

She married Okudaira Nobumasa and he was given Nagashino Castle. She is known to have acted actively in the siege of Nagashino.^[2] Kamehime helped her husband and send Torii Suneemon on the mission to cross the enemy army to request aid to her father, Ieyasu in Okazaki and defended the Nagashino castle.^[3]

After Ieyasu's death she had a large part in the overthrow of Honda Masazumi, whom she disliked.^[2]

In 1625, Kamehime died at age 66. Her Buddhist name was Seitokuin and her remains were buried in .

Family[]

Father: Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mother: Lady Tsukiyama
Husband: Okudaira Nobumasa
Children:
- Okudaira Iemasa (1577–1614) of Utsunomiya Domain.
- Matsudaira Ieharu (1579–1592).
- Matsudaira Tadaaki
- Okudaira Tadamasa
- Daughter married Okubo Tadatsune of Kisai Domain.

Legacy[]

Since April 2008, Kamehime has been characterized as a navigator for a municipal administration program produced in Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture. The street in front of Kokoku-ji Temple, where her grave is located, has been maintained as "Kamehime-dori" following the redevelopment work in front of Shinshiro Station.

References[]

^ Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 379. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sadler, A. L. (2010). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136924705. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ Pitelka, Morgan (2015). Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824857349. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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[1] Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture. 1997. p. 379. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[sadler-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sadler, A. L. (2010). The Maker of Modern Japan: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136924705. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[3] Pitelka, Morgan (2015). Spectacular Accumulation: Material Culture, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Samurai Sociability. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824857349. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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Female castellans	Akai Teruko Ashikaga Ujihime Chacha Ii Naotora Jukei-ni Miyohime Munakata Saikaku Nene Onamihime Otazu no Kata Otsuya no Kata Seishin-ni Tachibana Ginchiyo Tōshōin
Female warriors	Fujishiro Gozen Ichikawa no Tsubone Ikeda Sen Kaihime Kamehime Katakura Kita Katō Tsune Komatsuhime Kushihashi Teru Maeda Matsu Myōki Myōrin Numata Jakō Ōhōri Tsuruhime Okaji no Kata Okyō no Kata Omasa Oni Gozen Shigashi Shirai no Tsubone Ueno Tsuruhime Yuki no Kata
Other women	Asahihime Lady Chaa Chikurin-in Lady Goryū Dota Gozen Gotokuhime Tsumaki Hiroko Lady Hayakawa Hosokawa Gracia Irohahime Izumo no Okuni Lady Kasuga Kitsuno Konoe Sakiko Kōzōsu Kyōgoku Maria Kyōgoku Tatsuko Megohime Lady Myōkyū Naitō Julia Nōhime Odai no Kata Oeyo Oichi Ohatsu Ōmandokoro Ono Otsū Ōtomo-Nata Jezebel Rikei Lady Saigō Lady Sanjō Seikōin Senhime Sentōin Tobai-in Lady Toida Tokuhime Lady Tsukiyama Yamauchi Chiyo Yoshihime
Foreign people in Japan	William Adams Gaspar Coelho Luís Fróis Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn Julia Ota Soga Seikan Wakita Naokata Wang Zhi Francis Xavier Yasuke
See also	List of samurai from the Sengoku period