Mitsue, also spelled Mitsuye in older transcriptions, is a Japanese given name and toponym. Its meaning differs depending on the
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
used to write it.
Kanji
Kanji used to write the name Mitsue include:
*Two kanji with readings ''mitsu'' and ''e''
**: "bright river"
**: "bright protection"
**: "bright wisdom"
**: "bright and flourishing"
**: "bright drawing"
*Two kanji with readings ''mi'' and ''tsue'':
**: "heavenly staff"
*Three kanji with readings ''mi'', ''tsu'', and ''e'':
**: "three, port, branch"
People
*, Imperial Japanese Army general during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War
*Various people on the
list of Japanese supercentenarians
Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of ...
, including Mitsue Nagasaki (1899–2013) and Mitsue Toyoda (1902–2016)
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Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese-born American poet and activist
*
Mitsuye Endo
Mitsuye Maureen Endo Tsutsumi (May 10, 1920 – April 14, 2006) was an American woman of Japanese descent who was placed in an internment camp during World War II. Endo filed a writ of habeas corpus that ultimately led to a United States Supre ...
, the plaintiff in the Japanese American internment Supreme Court case of 1944, ''
Ex parte Endo
''Ex parte Mitsuye Endo'', 323 U.S. 283 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court ''ex parte'' decision handed down on December 18, 1944, in which the Justices unanimously ruled that the U.S. government could not continue to detain a citizen wh ...
''
*, Japanese discus and javelin thrower
*, Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party
*, Japanese manga artist
Places
*, Japan
*Mitsue, locality in
Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124
The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 is a municipal district (MD) in north-central Alberta, Canada. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Slave Lake. Located in Census Division 17, the MD takes its name from Lesser S ...
, Alberta, Canada
References
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Japanese unisex given names