Tokugawa Masako

Tokugawa Masako
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure1624–1629
Born(1607-11-23)November 23, 1607
DiedAugust 2, 1678(1678-08-02) (aged 70)
Spouse
(m. 1620)
Issue
  • Empress Meishō
  • Princess Onna-ni
  • Prince Sukehito
  • Prince Waka
  • Princess Akiko
  • Princess Yoshiko
  • Princess Kiku
HouseTokugawa Clan (by birth)
Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
FatherTokugawa Hidetada
MotherOeyo

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.

  1. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. 113.