Yodo-Dono, also known as Yodo-Gimi (淀君) and sometimes Lady Chacha, was one of the most favoured concubines along with Nene of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the niece of the great Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga. She was born in 1567 (or 1569) during the Sengoku period to Nobunaga's sister O-ichi and his rival daimyo Azai Nagamasa. During the Edo period, she was often referred to as "Yodo-Gimi", which is believed to be a derogatory name. (more)
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Azai Nagamasa:
Azai Nagamasa was a Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan. His clan, the Azai, were located in northern Ōmi Province, east of Lake Biwa. He was both the brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga, starting in 1564, and one of Nobunaga's enemies from 1570-157
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Oichi:
Ichi (sometimes spelled O-Ichi, 1547 - 1583) lived during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history. She was the sister-in-law of Nōhime (daughter of Saitō Dōsan) and the younger sister of Oda Nobunaga. Oichi was renowned for her beauty. She was descend
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Toyotomi Hideyori:
Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣 秀頼 Toyotomi Hideyori), 1593 - June 5, 1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Lady Yodo, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. When Hideyoshi died in 1598
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Oeyo:
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 Aza
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Ohatsu:
Hatsu or Ohatsu or later Jōkō-in (常高院: 1570–September 30, 1633) was a niece of Oda Nobunaga. She was the second daughter of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi (the younger sister of Nobunaga). Ohatsu had two sisters. Her elder sister was Chacha (Lady Yodo) (con
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Shōgun (novel):
Shōgun is the first novel (chronologically speaking) in James Clavell's Asian Saga. It is set in feudal Japan in the year 1600 some months before the critical battle of Sekigahara, and gives an account of the rise of the daimyo "Toranaga" (analogous
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Japan:
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon , officially 日本国 or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the so
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Edo period:
The Edo period, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai), is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by
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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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