Kido Matsuko

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Kido Matsuko
木戸 松子
Kido Matsuko in 1870
Born	Kizaki Kei (1843-11-22)November 22, 1843 Obama Domain, Wakasa Province, Japan
Died	April 10, 1886(1886-04-10) (aged 42) Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Resting place	Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Ikumatsu Okabe Matsuko Suikōin
Occupation	nun, noblewoman, former geisha
Era	Edo period, Meiji period
Spouse(s)	Kido Takayoshi ​ ​ (m. 1868; died 1877)​
Children	none
Parents	Kizaki Ichibei (father) Hosokawa Sumi (mother)

Kido Matsuko (木戸 松子) (born Kizaki Kei (木崎 計); November 22, 1843 – April 10, 1886), later known as the nun Suikōin (翠香院), was a Japanese woman from the late Edo period to the Meiji period.^[1] She was formerly a geisha under the stage name Ikumatsu (幾松) from . She was the lover (and later the wife) of Katsura Kogorō (later Kido Takayoshi), who would go on to became one of the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration.

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