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{{Unreferenced |date=March 2007}}{{nihongo |'''Kitsuno'''|生駒 吉乃|Ikoma Kitsuno|c. 1538–[[1566 |66]]}} was a [[concubine]] of Japanese [[daimyo]], [[Oda Nobunaga]] during the Warring-states era (or [[Sengoku Period]]) in Japanese history. She was born into the third generation of the prosperous and influential [[Ikoma clan]] in about 1538 and her father was known as [[Iemune]].


{{nihongo|'''Kitsuno'''|生駒 吉乃|Ikoma Kitsuno|extra=1528{{efn|There is a theory that she was born in 1538.<ref>{{Cite book |last=川村一彦 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrX4DwAAQBAJ |title=蜂須賀小六の群像 |publisher=歴史研究会 |pages=28 |language=ja}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=The author Kazuhiko KAWAMURA (川村一彦) has published many [[ebooks]] through [[copy-paste]] [[plagiarism]] from the [[Japanese Wikipedia]]. Please see [[:ja:WP:CFW#川村一彦の著作物]] ([[:ja:Special:PermaLink/95865494#川村一彦の著作物|PermaLink]]). |date=February 2024}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=The author Kazuhiko KAWAMURA (川村一彦) has published many [[ebooks]] through [[copy-paste]] [[plagiarism]] from the [[Japanese Wikipedia]]. Please see [[:ja:WP:CFW#川村一彦の著作物]] ([[:ja:Special:PermaLink/95865494#川村一彦の著作物|PermaLink]]). |date=February 2024}}}} &ndash; 31 May 1566}} was a Japanese woman from the [[Sengoku period]] to the [[Azuchi–Momoyama period]].<ref name="Japaaan187379">{{cite web|url= https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Japaaan_187379/|title =織田信長の準正室!?「生駒吉乃」という女性が戦国時代にもたらした大きな影響【後編】| last = | first = | author-link =| date = 30 October 2022|website = excite news|publisher=Excite Japan| language= ja|trans-title= Oda Nobunaga's quasi-legal wife! The great influence of a woman called Ikoma Kitsuno on the Sengoku period Part 2.| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="yomiuri20200108">{{cite news |date= 8 January 2020|title= 大河ドラマ「麒麟がくる」、川口春奈の帰蝶は「定番」を超えるか|trans-title= Taiga drama Kirin ga Kuru, will Haruna Kawaguchi's Kichō surpass the standard?|url= https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/column/japanesehistory/20191223-OYT8T50109/|language= Ja|work= [[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|location= Tokyo|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref> She was a [[concubine]] of [[Oda Nobunaga]], a Sengoku [[Daimyo|Daimyō]] of the [[Owari Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=信長「最愛の女性」菩提寺取り壊しへ 630年以上の歴史に幕 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210828/k00/00m/040/007000c |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=毎日新聞 |language=ja}}</ref>
Before Kitsuno became Oda Nobunaga's concubine, she was first wed to [[Yaheji Dota]] who died in the [[battle of Akechi]]. After the loss of her husband, Kitsuno returned to her family's home, Ikoma mansion. It was there that she met Oda Nobunaga.


Her posthumous Buddhist name is {{Nihongo|'''Kyūan Keishō Daizenjō-ni'''|久菴桂昌大禅定尼|}}.
== Concubine of Oda Nobunaga ==


== Name ==
It was believed that Oda Nobunaga was charmed by Kitsuno's beauty at first sight, and immediately took her as his concubine. Nobunaga was officially married to [[Nōhime|Lady Nō]], the daughter of [[Saitō Dōsan]], but it was believed that theirs was not a happy marriage, especially since Nōhime could not conceive. It is often thought that Kitsuno was Nobunaga's most beloved concubine and that she probably had a higher position than Nōhime.
The name of this woman, who was Nobunaga's concubine and the daughter of Ikoma Iemune, is unknown, as is the case with many women of this period. She is merely listed as ''a woman'' in the family tree and her official name has not been passed down to the Ikoma family.<ref name="chunichi20220625">{{cite news |last= Mizuno|first= Seishiro|date= 25 June 2022|title= 本当の正室は生駒家の娘だと思います|trans-title= I think the real lawful wife is the daughter of the Ikoma family.|url= https://plus.chunichi.co.jp/blog/mizuno/article/233/10697/|language=Ja|work= [[Chunichi Shimbun]]|location= Aichi|access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="newsyahoo20220531">{{cite web| url = https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e8584b4df8ac1e0e3183a3234bdef557d928e5ef| title = 信長ゆかりの古刹取り壊し問題 メディアも惑わす偽書疑惑のある書物とは?| last =Mizuno| first = Seishiro| author-link =| date = 31 May 2022| orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = Yahoo! News| publisher = [[Yahoo! Japan]]| language = ja| trans-title = The issue of the demolition of an ancient temple associated with Nobunaga - What is the alleged fake book that is also misleading the media?| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref>
She is generally known as {{Nihongo|'''Kitsuno'''|吉乃|}}, but this name was popularised by ''Bukō Yawa''{{efn|name="bukō yawa"|''Bukō Yawa'' and ''Bukō Yawa Shūi'' are family historical documents that are said to be modern translations of the contents of an ancient document called the Maeno family archives, which were found in a broken storehouse of the Maeno family, an old family in [[Kōnan, Aichi|Kōnan City]], after [[Isewan Typhoon]] in 1959, and published as a book. Some writers and TV stations were attracted to the book because of its interesting story, and a number of novels and dramas were produced, but from the outset there were suspicions that the book was a [[forgery]]. However, many historical researchers referred to the book at the time, and Kōnan City and neighbouring municipalities organised study groups on the book as local history and used it for tourism and regional development. The Ikoma family claims that these are novels because Yoshida Tatsumo, who says he translated them into modern languages, interviewed the Ikoma family before publication, saying he was writing a novel. As the Yoshida side has not released the original documents, no clear conclusion has been reached after years of authenticity disputes. However, there is a tacit understanding among historical researchers that the document should not be used.<ref name="newsyahoo20220531"/>}} and does not appear in any of the Ikoma family archives or other historical documents.<ref name="chunichi20220625"/><ref name="newsyahoo20220531"/>
In recent years, rumours have circulated on the internet and elsewhere that the Ikoma family called her {{Nihongo|'''Rui'''|類|}} or {{Nihongo|'''Orui'''|お類|}}, but these stories were written in ''Bukō Yawa'',{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} and there is no such mention in the ancient documents left by the Ikoma family.<ref name="ikomayashiki322">{{cite web| url = http://www.ikoma-yashiki.com/?p=322|title =君の名は希望 - 久菴とは、濃姫とは| last = Ikoma| first = Hideo| author-link =| date = | year = | orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = | publisher =General Incorporated Association Ikoma Yashiki Rekishi Bunko| language = ja| trans-title = Your Name is Hope - What is Kyūan and what is Nōhime?| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ikoma-yashiki.com/%E5%BD%BC%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%90%8D%E5%89%8D%E3%81%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%BB/|title =彼女の名前は…| last = Ikoma| first = Hideo| author-link =| date = | year = | orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = | publisher =General Incorporated Association Ikoma Yashiki Rekishi Bunko| language = ja| trans-title = Her name is...| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref>


Documents in the Ikoma family from the early to the end of the Edo period list her as {{Nihongo|'''Keishō'''|桂昌|}} or {{Nihongo|'''Keishō-ni'''|桂昌尼|}}, which seems to be taken from part of her commandment name, and from the Taisho era to the pre-war period, the Ikoma family called her {{Nihongo|'''Kyūan'''|久菴|}} or {{Nihongo|'''Kyūan-san'''|久菴さん|}}, which is also taken from part of her commandment name.<ref name="newsyahoo20220531"/><ref name="ikomayashiki322"/>
In 1557 Kitsuno gave birth to [[Oda Nobutada|Nobutada]] and later [[Oda Nobukatsu|Nobukatsu]] and [[Tokuhime]] (Princess Toku). In 1564, Kitsuno moved to Kori Castle (in present-day [[Kōnan, Aichi]]). She suffered due to the difficulty of her childbirths, and in 1566 she died at the age of 29.


== Life ==
Even though Nobunaga is often regarded as a callous and bellicose figure, it is said that Nobunaga mourned her throughout the night and had her buried within view of his castle.
She was born as the eldest daughter of Ikoma Iemune, a local clan of Koori, Niwa County, Owari Province (present [[Kōnan, Aichi|Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture]]), who served the Oda clan.<ref name="Japaaan187377">{{cite web| url = https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Japaaan_187377/|title =織田信長の準正室!?「生駒吉乃」という女性が戦国時代にもたらした大きな影響【前編】| last = | first = | author-link =| date = 28 October 2022| orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = excite news| publisher =Excite Japan| language = ja| trans-title = Oda Nobunaga's quasi-legal wife! The great influence of a woman called Ikoma Kitsuno on the Sengoku period Part 1.| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref>


Kitsuno was married once before becoming Nobunaga's concubine. The Maeno family documents, ''Bukō Yawa'' and ''Bukō Yawa Shūi'',{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} state that she first married [[Dota Yaheiji]], a [[Gōzoku]] of [[Mino Province]], who was killed in action.<ref name="Japaaan187377"/> However, he is only mentioned in the Ikoma family tree as a ''certain Yaheiji'', and for reasons unknown, his family name is not given and his origins are unclear.{{efn|The Ikoma family speculates that he was somehow inconvenient to the Oda clan and was therefore ambiguous.}}<ref name="ikomayashiki322"/>
Her body was cremated and buried in the cemetery at Kyusho temple (the Ikoma [[bodaiji|family temple]]), in Tashiro town. Nobunaga gave his son Nobukatsu the area in which Kyusho temple lies in order to protect it and Kitsuno's tomb, out of respect for his treasured concubine.
After the loss of her husband, Kitsuno returned to her family's home, Ikoma mansion. It was there that she met Oda Nobunaga.<ref name="Japaaan187377"/>


As Nobunaga's concubine, she bore his heir [[Oda Nobutada|Nobutada]], his second son [[Oda Nobukatsu|Nobukatsu]] and his eldest daughter [[Tokuhime (Oda)|Tokuhime]] for three consecutive years from 1557.<ref name="yomiuri20200108"/><ref name="ikomayashiki322"/>
==References==
According to one theory, Nobutada was adopted as Nobunaga's legitimate son by his legal wife, [[Nōhime]], who had no children with Nobunaga.<ref name="Japaaan187377"/><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Japaaan_187372/|title =斎藤道三の娘にして織田信長の正室・濃姫の波乱と謎に満ちた生涯を追う【後編】| last = | first = | author-link =| date = 8 December 2022| orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = excite news| publisher =Excite Japan| language = ja| trans-title = Daughter of Saito Dōsan and lawful wife of Oda Nobunaga - Tracing the tumultuous and mysterious life of Princess Nohime [Part 2].| access-date = 20 August 2023}}</ref>
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Nobukatsu was adopted by the [[Kitabatake clan]] to avoid a succession struggle with Nobutada, while Tokuhime married [[Matsudaira Nobuyasu]], the legitimate son of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], an ally of Nobunaga.<ref name="Japaaan187377"/>

She is said to have not recover from the postpartum, and died in 1566. If she was born in 1528, she would have died at the age of 39, and in 1538, she would have died at the age of 29.<ref name="Japaaan187379"/><ref name="yomiuri20200108"/>

After her death, she was given the commandment name {{Nihongo|''Kyūan Keishō Daizenjō-ni''|久菴桂昌大禅定尼|}}, and her family temple, {{Nihongo|''Kyūshō-ji''|久昌寺|}}, received 660 [[koku]] from Nobunaga as an incense fee.<ref name="Japaaan187379"/>
Kyūshō-ji was rebuilt in 1566 after Nobunaga ordered it to be her family temple.{{efn|The temple was originally founded in 1384 during the [[Muromachi period]] and renamed Kūshō-ji after Kitsuno's commandment name.}}<ref name="newsyahoo20220531"/><ref name="mainichi20220524">{{cite news |date=24 May 2022|title=織田信長側室「吉乃」の墓がある「久昌寺」保存断念 愛知、財政負担できず|trans-title= Aichi Prefecture gives up on the preservation of Kyūshō-ji, where the tomb of Oda Nobunaga's side consort Kitsuno is located, because it cannot bear the financial burden.|url= http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20110607k0000e040024000c.html|language=Ja |work=[[Sankei Sports]]|location=Tokyo |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref>
Kyūshō-ji was also protected by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and memorial services were held by the Kashiwabara clan, which was descended from the Oda clan (Nobukatsu), during the [[Edo period]].
Since then, it has been maintained by the Ikoma family, Kitsuno's birthplace, as a family temple for generations, but it became difficult due to the age of the building and costs, and was closed in 2022 after Kōnan City concluded that it would not provide a budget to maintain the temple.<ref name="Japaaan187379"/><ref name="mainichi20220524"/>

Her other family temple, [[Sōfuku-ji (Gifu)|Sofuku-ji]] in [[Gifu Prefecture]], became the family temple of the Oda family after Kitsuno's tablets were enshrined there, and the tombs of Nobunaga and Nobutada were also built by Nobunaga's concubine [[Onabe no Kata]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://intojapanwaraku.com/rock/travel-rock/166773/|title =本能寺の変の4日後? 織田信長の側室「お鍋の方」による愛と悲しみの墓つくり物語| last = | first = | author-link =| date = 9 August 2021| editor-last = | editor-first = | website = WARAKU web| publisher =[[Shogakukan]]| language = ja| trans-title = Four days after the Honnoji Incident? A story of love and sorrow making a grave by Oda Nobunaga's concubine "Onabe no Kata"| access-date = 26 August 2020}}</ref>

== Legend of Nobunaga's beloved ==
Kitsuno was the beloved of Nobunaga in ''Bukō Yawa''.{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} According to the book, she and Nobunaga met at the Ikoma family mansion. At the time, the Ikoma family belonged to Oda Nobukiyo, lord of Inuyama Castle, but also did business as a samurai merchant, and various people from different provinces came to their mansion and gathered a lot of information. Nobunaga, who valued the gathering of information above all else, had noticed the wealth and intelligence of the Ikoma family and had visited their mansion many times. It was during one of these visits that Nobunaga met Kitsuno and fell in love at first sight. He frequented the Ikoma residence and eventually decided to take her as his concubine.<ref name="Japaaan187377"/>

In ''Bukō Yawa'',{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} Nobunaga built a palace in Komakiyama Castle, which he built as a base for his Mino campaign, to welcome Kitsuno. When Nobunaga learnt that Kitsuno was unwell, he went to the Ikoma residence, placed her in a palanquin and personally escorted her to Komakiyama Castle. Nobunaga visited her frequently, but her illness did not improve and she died at the age of 39 in 1566, a year after moving to Komakiyama Castle. When Kitsuno died, Nobunaga is said to have wept for three days and three nights without being seen. These episodes made Ikoma Kitsuno famous as 'the woman most loved by Nobunaga'.<ref name="Japaaan187379"/>

''Bukō Yawa''{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} also states that at Ikoma Mansion, where Nobunaga and Kitsuno met, there were various other encounters that had a great impact on later generations. For example, it is said that it was here that [[Hachisuka Koroku]], who was related to the Ikoma family, met [[Hashiba Hideyoshi]], who he later served. There is also an anecdote that it was Kitsuno who introduced Hideyoshi to Nobunaga.<ref name="Japaaan187379"/>

However, there is no similar description in the Ikoma family archives that provided information to ''Bukō Yawa''{{efn|name="bukō yawa"}} authors, nor in other historical documents, and either episodes are considered to be later creations.<ref name="yomiuri20200108"/>

Meanwhile, a document from Kyūshō-ji, Kitsuno's family temple, mentions that Nobunaga climbed the turret of Komakiyama Castle and wept as he gazed into the smoke of her cremation.<ref name="yomiuri20200108"/>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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Kitsuno (生駒 吉乃, Ikoma Kitsuno, 1528[a] – 31 May 1566) was a Japanese woman from the Sengoku period to the Azuchi–Momoyama period.[2][3] She was a concubine of Oda Nobunaga, a Sengoku Daimyō of the Owari Province.[4]

Her posthumous Buddhist name is Kyūan Keishō Daizenjō-ni (久菴桂昌大禅定尼).

Name

[edit]

The name of this woman, who was Nobunaga's concubine and the daughter of Ikoma Iemune, is unknown, as is the case with many women of this period. She is merely listed as a woman in the family tree and her official name has not been passed down to the Ikoma family.[5][6] She is generally known as Kitsuno (吉乃), but this name was popularised by Bukō Yawa[b] and does not appear in any of the Ikoma family archives or other historical documents.[5][6] In recent years, rumours have circulated on the internet and elsewhere that the Ikoma family called her Rui () or Orui (お類), but these stories were written in Bukō Yawa,[b] and there is no such mention in the ancient documents left by the Ikoma family.[7][8]

Documents in the Ikoma family from the early to the end of the Edo period list her as Keishō (桂昌) or Keishō-ni (桂昌尼), which seems to be taken from part of her commandment name, and from the Taisho era to the pre-war period, the Ikoma family called her Kyūan (久菴) or Kyūan-san (久菴さん), which is also taken from part of her commandment name.[6][7]

Life

[edit]

She was born as the eldest daughter of Ikoma Iemune, a local clan of Koori, Niwa County, Owari Province (present Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture), who served the Oda clan.[9]

Kitsuno was married once before becoming Nobunaga's concubine. The Maeno family documents, Bukō Yawa and Bukō Yawa Shūi,[b] state that she first married Dota Yaheiji, a Gōzoku of Mino Province, who was killed in action.[9] However, he is only mentioned in the Ikoma family tree as a certain Yaheiji, and for reasons unknown, his family name is not given and his origins are unclear.[c][7] After the loss of her husband, Kitsuno returned to her family's home, Ikoma mansion. It was there that she met Oda Nobunaga.[9]

As Nobunaga's concubine, she bore his heir Nobutada, his second son Nobukatsu and his eldest daughter Tokuhime for three consecutive years from 1557.[3][7] According to one theory, Nobutada was adopted as Nobunaga's legitimate son by his legal wife, Nōhime, who had no children with Nobunaga.[9][10] Nobukatsu was adopted by the Kitabatake clan to avoid a succession struggle with Nobutada, while Tokuhime married Matsudaira Nobuyasu, the legitimate son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, an ally of Nobunaga.[9]

She is said to have not recover from the postpartum, and died in 1566. If she was born in 1528, she would have died at the age of 39, and in 1538, she would have died at the age of 29.[2][3]

After her death, she was given the commandment name Kyūan Keishō Daizenjō-ni (久菴桂昌大禅定尼), and her family temple, Kyūshō-ji (久昌寺), received 660 koku from Nobunaga as an incense fee.[2] Kyūshō-ji was rebuilt in 1566 after Nobunaga ordered it to be her family temple.[d][6][11] Kyūshō-ji was also protected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and memorial services were held by the Kashiwabara clan, which was descended from the Oda clan (Nobukatsu), during the Edo period. Since then, it has been maintained by the Ikoma family, Kitsuno's birthplace, as a family temple for generations, but it became difficult due to the age of the building and costs, and was closed in 2022 after Kōnan City concluded that it would not provide a budget to maintain the temple.[2][11]

Her other family temple, Sofuku-ji in Gifu Prefecture, became the family temple of the Oda family after Kitsuno's tablets were enshrined there, and the tombs of Nobunaga and Nobutada were also built by Nobunaga's concubine Onabe no Kata.[12]

Legend of Nobunaga's beloved

[edit]

Kitsuno was the beloved of Nobunaga in Bukō Yawa.[b] According to the book, she and Nobunaga met at the Ikoma family mansion. At the time, the Ikoma family belonged to Oda Nobukiyo, lord of Inuyama Castle, but also did business as a samurai merchant, and various people from different provinces came to their mansion and gathered a lot of information. Nobunaga, who valued the gathering of information above all else, had noticed the wealth and intelligence of the Ikoma family and had visited their mansion many times. It was during one of these visits that Nobunaga met Kitsuno and fell in love at first sight. He frequented the Ikoma residence and eventually decided to take her as his concubine.[9]

In Bukō Yawa,[b] Nobunaga built a palace in Komakiyama Castle, which he built as a base for his Mino campaign, to welcome Kitsuno. When Nobunaga learnt that Kitsuno was unwell, he went to the Ikoma residence, placed her in a palanquin and personally escorted her to Komakiyama Castle. Nobunaga visited her frequently, but her illness did not improve and she died at the age of 39 in 1566, a year after moving to Komakiyama Castle. When Kitsuno died, Nobunaga is said to have wept for three days and three nights without being seen. These episodes made Ikoma Kitsuno famous as 'the woman most loved by Nobunaga'.[2]

Bukō Yawa[b] also states that at Ikoma Mansion, where Nobunaga and Kitsuno met, there were various other encounters that had a great impact on later generations. For example, it is said that it was here that Hachisuka Koroku, who was related to the Ikoma family, met Hashiba Hideyoshi, who he later served. There is also an anecdote that it was Kitsuno who introduced Hideyoshi to Nobunaga.[2]

However, there is no similar description in the Ikoma family archives that provided information to Bukō Yawa[b] authors, nor in other historical documents, and either episodes are considered to be later creations.[3]

Meanwhile, a document from Kyūshō-ji, Kitsuno's family temple, mentions that Nobunaga climbed the turret of Komakiyama Castle and wept as he gazed into the smoke of her cremation.[3]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ There is a theory that she was born in 1538.[1][unreliable source?]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Bukō Yawa and Bukō Yawa Shūi are family historical documents that are said to be modern translations of the contents of an ancient document called the Maeno family archives, which were found in a broken storehouse of the Maeno family, an old family in Kōnan City, after Isewan Typhoon in 1959, and published as a book. Some writers and TV stations were attracted to the book because of its interesting story, and a number of novels and dramas were produced, but from the outset there were suspicions that the book was a forgery. However, many historical researchers referred to the book at the time, and Kōnan City and neighbouring municipalities organised study groups on the book as local history and used it for tourism and regional development. The Ikoma family claims that these are novels because Yoshida Tatsumo, who says he translated them into modern languages, interviewed the Ikoma family before publication, saying he was writing a novel. As the Yoshida side has not released the original documents, no clear conclusion has been reached after years of authenticity disputes. However, there is a tacit understanding among historical researchers that the document should not be used.[6]
  3. ^ The Ikoma family speculates that he was somehow inconvenient to the Oda clan and was therefore ambiguous.
  4. ^ The temple was originally founded in 1384 during the Muromachi period and renamed Kūshō-ji after Kitsuno's commandment name.

References

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  1. ^ 川村一彦. 蜂須賀小六の群像 (in Japanese). 歴史研究会. p. 28.[unreliable source?]
  2. ^ a b c d e f "織田信長の準正室!?「生駒吉乃」という女性が戦国時代にもたらした大きな影響【後編】" [Oda Nobunaga's quasi-legal wife! The great influence of a woman called Ikoma Kitsuno on the Sengoku period Part 2.]. excite news (in Japanese). Excite Japan. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "大河ドラマ「麒麟がくる」、川口春奈の帰蝶は「定番」を超えるか" [Taiga drama Kirin ga Kuru, will Haruna Kawaguchi's Kichō surpass the standard?]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "信長「最愛の女性」菩提寺取り壊しへ 630年以上の歴史に幕". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ^ a b Mizuno, Seishiro (25 June 2022). "本当の正室は生駒家の娘だと思います" [I think the real lawful wife is the daughter of the Ikoma family.]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Aichi. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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