Omandokoro - Omandokoro

The title of the regent's mother. The wife of an aristocrat is called Kita no Kata, the mother is called Dai Kita no Kata, and the wife of a regent is called Kita no Mandokoro, whereas his mother was called Dai Kita no Mandokoro. Dai Mandokoro is an abbreviation of Dai Kita no Mandokoro. In the narrow sense, it refers to Naka (1513-92), the birth mother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the regent and grand minister of state. It is a reference to the fact that his wife, Oe, was called Kita no Mandokoro, and in "Hideyoshi's Ninkanki" it is written, "After that, he appointed an imperial envoy to Osaka, appointed Kita no Mandokoro to the Midai, and his mother to the Dai Mandokoro."

[Masanobu Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

摂政関白(せっしょうかんぱく)の母の称。貴人の妻を北方(きたのかた)、母を大北方といい、摂関の妻を北政所とよぶのに対し、母を大北政所と称した。大政所は大北政所の略称である。狭義には、関白太政(だじょう)大臣豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉の生母なか（1513―92）のことをいう。正室おねのことを北政所と称したことに対していい、『秀吉任官記』に「其後大坂立勅使、以御臺(みだい)任北政所、以母儀任大政所」とみえる。

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