Kido Matsuko

Kido Matsuko
木戸 松子
Kido Matsuko in 1870
Born
Kizaki Kei

(1843-11-22)November 22, 1843
DiedApril 10, 1886(1886-04-10) (aged 42)
Resting placeKyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesIkumatsu
Okabe Matsuko
Suikōin
Occupation(s)nun, noblewoman, former geisha
EraEdo period, Meiji period
Spouse
(m. 1868; died 1877)
Childrennone
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][2] She was formerly a geisha under the stage name Ikumatsu (幾松) from Sanbongi, Kyoto. She was the lover (and later the wife) of Katsura Kogorō (later Kido Takayoshi), who would go on to become one of the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration.[3]


  1. ^ 幕末維新大人名事典(上). Japan: 新人物往来社. 2010. p. 448.
  2. ^ Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 2013-02-06. ISBN 978-3-11-094798-4.
  3. ^ 橋場日月 (2019-04-26). 図解 面白いほどよくわかる!日本史 (in Japanese). 西東社. ISBN 978-4-7916-8328-4.