Tokugawa Masako | |
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Empress consort of Japan | |
Tenure | 1624–1629 |
Born | November 23, 1607 |
Died | August 2, 1678 | (aged 70)
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House | Tokugawa Clan (by birth) Imperial House of Japan (by marriage) |
Father | Tokugawa Hidetada |
Mother | Oeyo |
Tokugawa Masako (徳川 和子, November 23, 1607 – August 2, 1678), also known as Kazu-ko,[1] was empress consort of Japan as the wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Through collaboration with her parents, Oeyo and Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, she was a prominent and influential figure within the politics and culture of the Edo Period.