was a member of the
Date family and the wife of
Ishikawa Munetaka
was the third head of the Kakuda-Ishikawa clan.
Life
Munekata was born on June 26, 1607, in Igu, Mutsu Province, as the son of Ishikawa Yoshimune. His childhood name was Kumamasumaru. In 1610, his father, Yoshimune, died of an illness, but be ...
. Her father was
Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
, and her mother was his concubine,
Oyama-no-Kata.
Life
She was born in
Sendai Castle as the second daughter – ninth child overall – of Masamune in 1608, and her mother was the daughter of
Shibata Muneyoshi Shibata may refer to:
Places
* Shibata, Miyagi, a town in Miyagi Prefecture
* Shibata District, Miyagi, a district in Miyagi Prefecture
* Shibata, Niigata, a city in Niigata Prefecture
** Shibata Station (Niigata), a railway station in Niigata Pr ...
.
On March 25, 1619, at the age of twelve, she was married to
Ishikawa Munetaka
was the third head of the Kakuda-Ishikawa clan.
Life
Munekata was born on June 26, 1607, in Igu, Mutsu Province, as the son of Ishikawa Yoshimune. His childhood name was Kumamasumaru. In 1610, his father, Yoshimune, died of an illness, but be ...
. During the wedding, Masamune celebrated the Ishikawa family coming to the Sendai house, he stayed overnight and went home the next day. Thereafter, Michitaka Ishikawa was awarded three sons and two daughters –
Munehiro, Munenobu, Sadahiro, Chiyotsuruhime, and Kahokuhime.
Masamune would worry about Muuhime, and he would write letters that addressed to her as "Omuu".
After Masamune died, Muuhime's mother, Oyama-no-Kata, left Sendai Castle. Muuhime built a
mi-dō for her mother, and the latter spent the rest of her life there. In September of 1646, her husband, Michitaka, elected Munehiro's child to lead the Ishikawa clan and retired, living in the rice preservative in the territory.
On September 30, 1668, Oyama-no-Kata died. The following November 20, Munetaka died as well.
On March 17, 1683, Muuhime died at 76. The
precept name given to her was .
References
1608 births
1683 deaths
17th-century Japanese women
People of Edo-period Japan
Date clan
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