Tokuhime or Princess Toku (November 11, 1559 - February 16, 1636) was born the daughter of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga. There is little historical data on Princess Toku, but we do know that she was married to Tokugawa Ieyasu's five year old son, Nobuyasu in 1563, when she herself was only five years old. Her marriage was politically motivated and was used to seal an alliance between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga. (more)
Type: person
Genres: politics
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Matsudaira Nobuyasu:
was the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. His tsūshō ("common name") was Jirōsaburō. He was called also "Okazaki Saburō", because he had become the lord of Okazaki Castle in 1570. Because he was a son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he is often referred to, retroac
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Tokugawa Ieyasu:
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated
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Daimyo:
The daimyo ( ) were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 10th century to the early 19th century in Japan following the Shogun. Though the term "daimyo" literally means "great name," the Japanese word actually comes from the words dai, meaning "la
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