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Tokugawa Hidetada's wife. Mother of Iemitsu. Also called Oeyo no Kata, Ogo, Ogo, etc. Her given name was Tatsuko. She was the third daughter of Azai Nagamasa, lord of Odani Castle in Omi, and her mother was Odani (Oichi) no Kata, the younger sister of Oda Nobunaga. In 1573 (Tensho 1), when Odani Castle, which was surrounded by Nobunaga, fell, she escaped with her mother and two older sisters, Ochacha (Yodo-dono, concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Hatsu (Joukoin, wife of Kyogoku Takatsugu), and was raised by Nobunaga. When her mother remarried, she moved to Shibata Katsuie's Kitanosho Castle in Echizen, but in 1583, Katsuie committed suicide after being defeated in a conflict with Hideyoshi, and her mother followed suit. She was raised by Hideyoshi along with her sister, and married Saji Kazunari, the lord of Owari Ono Castle, but was divorced at Hideyoshi's request. She became Hideyoshi's adopted daughter and married Hashiba Hidekatsu, but Hidekatsu died in battle in Korea. In 1595 (4th year of Bunroku), she married Tokugawa Hidetada. She gave birth to two sons and five daughters, including Iemitsu, Tadanaga, Senhime, and Wako (Tofukumon'in, the Empress of Emperor Gomizunoo). After her death in Edo Castle, she was awarded the rank of Juichii.

[Michiko Mashita]

"Toranosuke Nishioka's 'Japanese Women's History' New Edition (1983, New Hyoron)"

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徳川秀忠の室。家光の生母。お江与(えよ)の方、お江(ごう)、小督(おごう)などとよばれる。諱(いみな)は達子(たつこ)。近江小谷(おだに)城主浅井長政(あさいながまさ)の三女で、母は織田信長の妹小谷（お市）の方。1573年（天正1）、信長によって包囲された小谷城落城の際、母、二人の姉、お茶々（豊臣秀吉側室淀殿(よどどの)）、初（京極高次(きょうごくたかつぐ)室常高院(じょうこういん)）とともに脱出、信長に養われる。母の再婚によって柴田勝家(しばたかついえ)の越前北庄(きたのしょう)城に移るが、1583年、秀吉と対立し敗れた勝家は自害、母もそれに続く。姉とともに秀吉に養われ、尾張大野城主佐治一成(さじかずなり)と結婚し、秀吉の意向によって離縁。秀吉の養女となって羽柴秀勝(はしばひでかつ)と結婚するが、秀勝は朝鮮に出陣し没する。1595年（文禄4）、徳川秀忠と結婚。家光、忠長(ただなが)、千姫、和子（後水尾天皇(ごみずのおてんのう)中宮東福門院(とうふくもんいん)）ら2男5女を生む。江戸城で没後、従一位(じゅいちい)を贈られる。

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『西岡虎之助著『日本女性史考』新装版（1983・新評論）』

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