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She was the birth mother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Her name was Naka. She is said to have been born in Aichi County, Owari Province. She married Kinoshita Yaemon (there is some doubt about his surname) and gave birth to Tomo (Tomo, wife of Miyoshi Yoshifusa) and Hideyoshi. After Yaemon's death, she remarried to Oda Doboshu member Chikuami and gave birth to Hidenaga and Asahihime (wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu) (the father-daughter relationship is also disputed). She moved with Hideyoshi to Nagahama Castle and other locations, and after Osaka Castle was built, she lived within the castle. In 1585 (Tensho 13), when Hideyoshi became Kanpaku, she was given the title of Omandokoro. After Hideyoshi's defeat at Nagakute in Owari and the peace treaty, she went to Okazaki as a hostage in 1586 to encourage Ieyasu to come to Kyoto. Ieyasu therefore went to Kyoto and paid tribute to Hideyoshi at Osaka Castle. Hideyoshi fell seriously ill during the Korean expedition, and in 1592 (Bunroku 1), after arriving in Nagoya in Hizen, he stopped sailing. In July, she died at Jurakudai in Kyoto. She was posthumously awarded the title of Jusango.

[Michiko Mashita]

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豊臣秀吉の生母。名は、なか（仲）。尾張国愛知郡の生まれという。木下弥右衛門（姓については疑問も）と結婚し、とも（智。三好吉房(みよしよしふさ)室）、秀吉を生む。弥右衛門没後、織田家同朋衆(どうぼうしゅう)筑（竹）阿弥(ちくあみ)と再婚し、秀長、旭（朝日）姫(あさひひめ)（徳川家康室）を生む（父子関係には異論も）。秀吉とともに長浜城などに移り住み、大坂城築城後は城内に住む。1585年（天正13）秀吉の関白就任によって、大政所(おおまんどころ)と称せられる。尾張長久手(ながくて)での秀吉の敗戦、講和後、家康の上洛を促すため、1586年人質として岡崎に行く。よって家康は上洛し、大坂城で秀吉への臣従の礼をとった。朝鮮出兵の時期に重病となり、1592年（文禄1）肥前名護屋(なごや)にまで至った秀吉は、渡海を止まる。7月、京都聚楽第(じゅらくだい)で没。准三后(じゅさんごう)が追贈された。

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