(1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

. She was

Ōtani Yoshitsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title, . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtomo Sōrin or Rokkaku Yoshikata. He became one ...

's daughter, then she was adopted by

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, before marrying

Sanada Yukimura , also known as , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka. Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson D ...

(Nobushige). She is described as having been very beautiful. They had two or three sons and four daughters.

Life

Chikurin-in was known in her childhood as Takehime (竹姫). She was also known as Riyohime (利世姫) and Akihime (安岐姫). In 1594, she married Sanada Yukimura, the second son of Sanada Masayuki, daimyō of Ueda."刑部と豊臣79p" 宮本義己『大谷刑部と豊臣秀吉』（花ヶ前盛明編『大谷刑部のすべて』新人物往来社、2000年）79頁 It was a political marriage suggested by Hideyoshi to ensure an alliance between the

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(and the Ōtani) and the Sanada. After Hideyoshi's death (1598), Japan was divided in two. Yukimura, Yoshitsugu and Masayuki (Chikurin-in's father-in-law) joined the western coalition of

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, while Yukimura's older brother,

Sanada Nobuyuki was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the son of ''daimyō'' Sanada Masayuki and the older brother of Sanada Yukimura. Early life He was the first son of Sanada Masayuki and his wife, Kansho-in. His younger brother was Sanada ...

, joined the eastern coalition of

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. After the

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, with Ieyasu's victory, Yukimura and Masayuki were exiled to Mt. Koya in the

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. Chikurin-in followed her husband. In exile she bore him two or three sons and some daughters. It is said that life in

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was difficult so, according to the tradition, she is supposed to had devise the Sanadahimo, that applied Tsumugi technology. She has supported the livelihood of her family by selling it. In 1615, during the

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, Yukimura and his family escaped from the exile to join in the

's forces. But, in the Summer Siege, Yukimura and his first son, Yukimasa, were killed. Chikurin-in and her daughter Akuri were captured by Asano Nagaakira's troops and handed over to the Tokugawa, but both were spared and Chikurin-in became a nun. Her name as a nun was . Chikurin-in went, in the first place, at the service of the

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, in the second place, to

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with one of her daughters. She died there the June 27, 1649.

Family

*Father:

(1558-1600) *Adopted father:

(1537-1598) *Siblings: ** Ōtani Yoshiharu (1581–1615) ** Kinoshita Yoritsugu (?–1600) *Spouse:

(m.1594-1615) *Children: **

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(真田大助)(1600–1615). Yukimura's and Chikurin-in's eldest son. Born in exile on Mount Kudo. He was born around 1600–1602. He fought with his father in the Osaka Winter Battle to defend the

Sanada Maru The was a small fortification attached to Osaka castle. It is famous for being impregnable and playing a key role in defending the castle in the winter of 1615. Later, it was forcefully destroyed despite being exempt from the reconciliation con ...

fortress. When Osaka castle fell, Yukimasa committed seppuku with

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. He was also known as "Sanada Yukimasa" (真田幸昌). ** Oume (阿梅) (1604-1681). Yukimura and Chikurin-in's daughter, born on Mount Kudo. After the fall of Osaka castle, she married Katakura Shigenaga, son of Katakura Kagetsuna. Thanks to Oume, the surviving members of the Sanada clan and all of their retainers were able to find refuge in the Katakura clan. The Katakura crest was even changed to show the 6 coin symbol of the Sanada. ** Akuri (あくり) (dates unknown). Yukimura and Chikurin-in's daughter. Akuri was adopted by Takigawa Kazuatsu, a Tokugawa vassal, after the fall of Osaka castle. Yukimura's sister was married to Kazuatsu. Akuri married Gamou Genzaemon. ** Oshobu (阿菖蒲) (160? – 1635). Oshobu was Yukimura and Chikurin-in's daughter. Born on Mount Kudo. She was adopted by Katakura Shigenaga and married to Tamura Sadahiro, a retainer of

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 ...

. ** Okane (おかね) (dates unknown) Yukimura and Chikurin-in's daughter. Born on Mount Kudo. She married Ishikawa Sadakiyo. It's said that Sadakiyo changed his name to Sourin, moved to Kyoto and became a master of the tea ceremony. Chikurin-in came to live with Okane after losing her husband. Sourin and Okane had a memorial built for Yukimura and Chikurin-in in Kyoto. **

Sanada Daihachi Sanada is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Asami Sanada (born 1977), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese shogi player * Juzo Sanada (1923–1994), Japanese baseball player * Hiroki Sanada (born 1984), Japanese basebal ...

(真田大八) (1612–1670). Yukimura and Chikurin-in's second son. He was born on Mount Kudo. He was adopted by Katakura Shigenaga, and became "Katakura Morinobu" (片倉守信). However, the Sanada name was restored to his line generations later. ** Sanada Yukichika ( 真田之親) (1615-1670) was born shortly after his father death, to Chikurinin He is not mentioned in historical records, and appears only in folk tales. He is also known as "Sanada Gonzaemon" In one of the sites it is said that he is a son of chikurin in and Yukimura and he born in 1615 , death in 1670 (真田権左衛門).

Notes

References

* Ōtani genealogy
(in Japanese) * Sanada genealogy ,
(in Japanese)

External links

Sanada Yukimura family
love-deeper.livejournal.com. * http://www.rokumonsen.com/source-of-future/sanada-db/s-family/sf-bunke/h-sanada-nobushige-group/01sanada-nobushige-family/b1-riyo/index.html ('Riyo' in Japanese) *http://mens-full-life.com/entame/nhk-historical-drama/yukimura-children/ (articles about Yukimura's children) *http://okada-akira.jp/history/vol22.html (information about the fate of Yukimura's children in particular the Sendai children) {{People of the Sengoku period, State=Autocollapse 16th-century births 1649 deaths Japanese nobility Toyotomi clan Women of medieval Japan People of Azuchi–Momoyama-period Japan People of Edo-period Japan 16th-century Japanese people 17th-century Japanese people 16th-century Japanese women 17th-century Japanese women Samurai Ōtani clan Sanada clan

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