Tokuhime (Oda)

Tokuhime
徳姫
BornNovember 11, 1559
DiedFebruary 16, 1636(1636-02-16) (aged 76)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesGotokuhime (五徳姫)
Lady Toku
Okazaki-dono
SpouseMatsudaira Nobuyasu
ChildrenToku-hime
Kumahime
Parents
Family Oda clan
Tokugawa clan

Tokuhime (徳姫, November 11, 1559 – February 16, 1636), also known as Lady Toku (五徳姫, Gotokuhime)[1][2] and Okazaki-dono (岡崎殿, Lady Okazaki) was a Japanese noble lady from the Sengoku period. She was the eldest daughter of daimyō Oda Nobunaga and his concubine, Lady Kitsuno. She later married Matsudaira Nobuyasu, the first son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. She is remembered as the person most responsible for the deaths of Nobuyasu and his mother, Ieyasu's wife, Lady Tsukiyama.

  1. ^ "Kanji Lookup: 姫". Jim Breen's WWWJDIC. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University. 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ Genius Japanese-English Dictionary, Casio Ex-word XD-H7500 (electronic dictionary) (2 ed.), 2005