Background
Mon-in Tofuku was born in 1607. She was the daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, who was the second shōgun of the Edo period of the history of Japan.
徳川 和子
Mon-in Tofuku was born in 1607. She was the daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, who was the second shōgun of the Edo period of the history of Japan.
Masako entered the palace as a consort of the Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Although Go-Mizunoo has already taken a wife, the marriage to Masako was celebrated with great pomp. In 1624 Masako is granted the title of chūgū (中宮), indicating she was a second legitimate wife and therefore an established Empress Consort. She is the first consort to hold this title since the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono. When the Emperor abdicated she took to herself the name of Tofuku Mon-in (1629).
Tokugawa Masako used her wealth to bring together Edo and Kyoto and also to help maintain the high standards of the court. She also used it to restore significant buildings that had been damaged in the previous years of warring. Another important way she used her money is as a representation of the Tokugawa clan.
Tokugawa Masako was a patron of the arts. She collected antiques as well ascontemporary art. She was also skilled at calligraphy and dabbled in poetry.
Her marriage with Emperor Gomino-o was arranged by Takatora Todo and Tadahiro Konoe, Minister of Right (1618). Before this Ieyasu Tokugawa had also tried to arrange this marriage, with the intention of taking credit for himself, but in vain.
Oeyo (於江与), Gō (江), Ogō (小督) or Satoko (達子): 1573 - September 15, 1626) was a prominently-placed female figure in late-Sengoku period.
Emperor Go-Mizunoo was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign spanned the years from 1611 through 1629.
Princess Okiko (女一宮興子内親王 Onna-ichi-no-miya Okiko Naishinnō, 1624-1696) became Empress Meishō.
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