Oeyo
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Oeyo (於江与) or Satoko (達子) or Sūgen'in (崇源院: 1573–September 15, 1626) was the wife of Tokugawa Hidetada (the second Tokugawa shogun of Japan) and the mother of his successor Iemitsu. Oeyo was the third and youngest daughter of the sengoku daimyo Azai Nagamasa. Her mother was Oichi, younger sister of Oda Nobunaga. Oeyo's oldest sister was Chacha, or Yodo dono, the second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (and mother of Hideyoshi's heir Hideyori); between Chacha and Oeyo was Hatsu, wife of the sengoku daimyo Kyogoku Takatsugu.
[edit] Timeline
- 1573: Born
- 1595: Married Tokugawa Hidetada.
- 1597: Gave birth to Sen-hime
- 1604: Gave birth to Iemitsu
- 1605: Hidetada becomes shogun
- 1606: Gave birth to Tadanaga
- 1607: Gave birth to Tokugawa Kazuko, who in 1620 married Emperor Go-Mizunoo (in 1629, Kazuko's daughter became Empress Meishō)
- 1623: Iemitsu becomes shogun
- 1626: Died while Hidetada and Iemitsu were in Kyoto
- 1626: Received the court rank of Juichii (posthumously)
[edit] Burial
The grave of Sūgen'in has been discovered at Zojoji in the Shiba neighborhood of Tokyo.
