List of female castellans in Japan

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Iwamura Castle, one of Japan's Top 100 Castles is famous as "the castle of the female castellan" owned by Otsuya no kata. Iwamurajo08.jpg
Iwamura Castle, one of Japan's Top 100 Castles is famous as "the castle of the female castellan" owned by Otsuya no kata.

This is a list of female castellans in Japanese history.

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Definition

Ne Castle was owned by Seishin-ni from 1614-1620. Gen Cheng Fu Yuan Zhu Dian .JPG
Ne Castle was owned by Seishin-ni from 1614–1620.

The list includes the following persons:

The list does not include:

List

Tachibana Ginchiyo was the castellan of Tachibana Castle. Li Hua Yin Qian Dai .jpg
Tachibana Ginchiyo was the castellan of Tachibana Castle.
NameAllegianceCastleReign
Harima no Tsubone Ōkura clanHondo castle1233 - Unknown (Kamakura period)
Iio clan (Suruga).jpg Otazu no kata [1] None [lower-alpha 1] Hikuma Castle (Tōtōmi Province)1566–1568
Oda emblem.svg Lady Otsuya Oda emblem.svg Oda clan Iwamura Castle (Mino province)1572
Japanese Crest Tachibana Mamori.svg Tachibana Ginchiyo Japanese Crest daki Gyouyou.svg Ōtomo clan Tachibana Castle (Chikuzen province)1575–1581
Japanese Crest mitumori Kikkou ni Hanabishi.svg Onamihime [2] Marunimitsuhikiryo.svg Ashina clan Sukagawa Castle (Mutsu province)1582–1588
Ashikaga mon.svg Ashikaga Ujinohime Mitsuuroko.svg Later Hōjō clan [lower-alpha 2] Koga Castle (Shimōsa Province)1583–1590
Enkyū-ni Japanese Crest Kawarijuunihiashi.svg Ryūzōji clan Kamafunatsu Castle (Chikugo Province)1584 [3]
Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg Yodo-dono Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg Toyotomi clan Yodo castle (Yamashiro Province)1589 [4]
Ashikaga mon.svg Ashikaga Ujinohime(2) Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg Toyotomi clan→
Ashikaga mon.svg Kitsuregawa clan
Kōnosu Palace (Shimōsa Province)1590–1620
Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg Kōdai-in Goshichi no kiri inverted.svg Toyotomi clan→
Mitsubaaoi.jpg Tokugawa clan
Kyōto New castle (Yamashiro Province) [5] 1599–1623
Seishin-ni Japanese Crest Nanbu Turu.svg Nanbu clan Ne Castle (Mutsu province)1614–1620 [6]

Other evidence of female castellans

A sequence of women who acted remarkably as castellans, without being a formal heiress, or female castellans where there is little detail about their administration, area and castle.

Sengoku period (1467–1603)

See also

Notes

  1. Equivocal between Matsudaira clan and Takeda clan
  2. She was de facto Koga kubō, title equivalent to shōgun, but in fact puppet of Hōjō clan

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