Shigeko Uramatsu

Japanese: 裏松重子 - うらまつしげこ

1411‐63 (Oei 18‐Kansho 4)
Wife of Ashikaga Yoshinori, the 6th Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate. Daughter of Hino Shigemitsu. Mother of the 7th Shogun Yoshikatsu and the 8th Shogun Yoshimasa. Commonly known as Okatadono. Married Yoshinori in 1428 (Shocho 1). After Yoshinori was assassinated by Akamatsu Mitsusuke in 1441 (Kakitsu 1), Yoshimasa became Shogun after Yoshikatsu, but as the mother of these two young Shoguns, she played an important role in intervening in Shogunate politics. In 1451 (Houtoku 3), she famously came into conflict with Yoshimasa's aide, Imamai-no-Tsune, over an internal dispute with the Oda clan, the deputy governor of Owari Province, and forced Imamai-no-Tsune to promise not to interfere in political affairs in the future. [Torii Kazuyuki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1411‐63(応永18‐寛正4)
室町幕府6代将軍足利義教の室。日野重光の女。7代義勝，8代義政の生母。通称大方殿。1428年(正長1)義教に嫁す。41年(嘉吉1)義教が赤松満祐に暗殺されたのち，義勝ついで義政が将軍となるが，この2人の幼少将軍の生母として幕政に介入，重要な役割を演じた。51年(宝徳3)尾張国守護代織田氏の内紛をめぐり義政の側近今参（いままいり）局と対立，今後政道に口入せぬことを今参局に約束させた事件は有名である。【鳥居和之】

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