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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Kuyo.svg/30px-Kuyo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Kuyo.svg/40px-Kuyo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Katakura_clan" title="Katakura clan">Katakura clan</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Take_ni_Suzume.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Take_ni_Suzume.svg/20px-Take_ni_Suzume.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Take_ni_Suzume.svg/30px-Take_ni_Suzume.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Take_ni_Suzume.svg/40px-Take_ni_Suzume.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="506" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Date_clan" title="Date clan">Date clan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Katakura Kita</b> (片倉喜多, 1538 - July, 1610) was a Japanese noble lady, aristocrat and retainer of the <a href="/wiki/Date_clan" title="Date clan">Date clan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a>. She was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Oniniwa_Yoshinao" title="Oniniwa Yoshinao">Oniniwa Yoshinao</a> and Lady Naoko. She was the half-sister of <a href="/wiki/Katakura_Kagetsuna" title="Katakura Kagetsuna">Katakura Kagetsuna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oniniwa_Tsunamoto" title="Oniniwa Tsunamoto">Oniniwa Tsunamoto</a>. Katakura Kita had knowledge in several areas, she was strategic and had great fighting skills. She was the <a href="/wiki/Wet_nurse" title="Wet nurse">wet nurse</a> of <a href="/wiki/Date_Masamune" title="Date Masamune">Date Masamune</a> and mentor of Kagetsuna and Masamune. Kita is best known for became a valued mentor and <a href="/wiki/Political_advisor" class="mw-redirect" title="Political advisor">political advisor</a>, choosing to dedicate herself to the affairs of Date clan and was actively involved in Masamune's political and strategic decisions. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katakura_Kita&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Katakura Kita came from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oniniwa_clan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oniniwa clan (page does not exist)">Oniniwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katakura_clan" title="Katakura clan">Katakura clan</a>, who served local lord <a href="/wiki/Date_Terumune" title="Date Terumune">Date Terumune</a> in <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a> (northern Japan). When Naoko gave birth to her, her father's concubine gave birth to a boy (Oniniwa Tsunamoto). The concubine becomes the official wife of Oniniwa Yoshinao and Naoko was divorced. After that, Naoko took Kita again with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kageshi_Katakura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kageshi Katakura (page does not exist)">Katakura Kagenaga</a>, and in 1557 she gave birth to Kita's half-brother, Katakura Kagetsuna.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the turbulent circumstances of Kita's life, she was very interested in, and had an aptitude for, both martial arts and military skills. She became the teacher of her younger half-brother, Katakura Kagetsuna, who would succeed the leadership of the Katakura clan later. After the birth of <a href="/wiki/Date_Masamune" title="Date Masamune">Date Masamune</a>, Date Terumune offered to Kita to be the wet nurse and mentor of Masamune. <a href="/wiki/Yoshihime" title="Yoshihime">Yoshihime</a> (Masamune's biological mother) did not want to take care of her own son, it is said that she tried to assassinate him for the political interests of her family, the <a href="/wiki/Mogami_clan" title="Mogami clan">Mogami clan</a>. However, since Kita was single, she was really a caretaker for children, she had a strong influence on personality formation and Masamune's success<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Katakura Kita was present in many of the political matters of the clan Katakura and <a href="/wiki/Date_clan" title="Date clan">Date clan</a>. She who was the main supporter for Date Masamune succeed the clan's leadership. Yoshihime was against Masamune's succession and gave preference to her other son. This crisis in the Date family ended with Yoshihime's exile and the death of Masamune's brother.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1584, Masamune succeeded the leadership of the Date clan. When <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a> ordered all his vassals to send their families to the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> palace as hostages, Kita went with <a href="/wiki/Megohime" title="Megohime">Megohime</a> (Masamune's wife). Hideyoshi was impressed by Kita's intelligence and cunning. He called Kita as "Shonagon" (title that refers to one of the emperor's high councilors).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 1590s, after Japan was unified under the name of the <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_clan" title="Toyotomi clan">Toyotomi clan</a>, Kita acted unilaterally on issues that affected the future of the Date family. Hideyoshi had a bad relation to the Date clan since the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Odawara_(1590)" title="Siege of Odawara (1590)">Siege of Odawara</a>, Hideyoshi asked Masamune to take his concubine for him, but Masamune refused. Kita worried about Hideyoshi's wrath with Masamune, she convinced the concubine and took her to Hideyoshi. One source reports that, when an angry Masamune confronted Kita, she calmly replied:</p><blockquote><p>"I'll gladly die for being so presumptuous as to have done this. Take my head if it will satisfy you."</p></blockquote><p>Date Masamune sent her north to his domain, placing her under exile. Though she wasn't pardoned for several years, Masamune didn't undo Kita's actions. She lived with Katakura Kagetsuna in near <a href="/wiki/Shiroishi_Castle" title="Shiroishi Castle">Shiroishi Castle</a>. She continued to be active in the policies of the Katakura clan, her expertise in engineering helped reinforce the castle's defenses. Kita have suggested that the Katakura clan use a particularly valuable temple bells that her family possessed as a motif for its battle flag. The black bell flag remained a Katakura banner through 1871, and it remains the <a href="/wiki/Shiroishi,_Miyagi" title="Shiroishi, Miyagi">Shiroishi City</a> emblem today.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Katakura Kita died in 1610, at age 72, in Shiroishi Castle. 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title="Shōgun">Shōgun</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiharu" title="Ashikaga Yoshiharu">Ashikaga Yoshiharu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru" title="Ashikaga Yoshiteru">Ashikaga Yoshiteru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshihide" title="Ashikaga Yoshihide">Ashikaga Yoshihide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiaki" title="Ashikaga Yoshiaki">Ashikaga Yoshiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Hidetada" title="Tokugawa Hidetada">Tokugawa Hidetada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_daimy%C5%8Ds_from_the_Sengoku_period" title="List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period">daimyō</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amago_Tsunehisa" title="Amago Tsunehisa">Amago Tsunehisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amago_Haruhisa" title="Amago Haruhisa">Amago Haruhisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asakura_Yoshikage" title="Asakura Yoshikage">Asakura Yoshikage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashina_Moriuji" title="Ashina Moriuji">Ashina Moriuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akechi_Mitsuhide" title="Akechi Mitsuhide">Akechi Mitsuhide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azai_Nagamasa" title="Azai Nagamasa">Azai Nagamasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsokabe_Motochika" title="Chōsokabe Motochika">Chōsokabe Motochika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_Terumune" title="Date Terumune">Date Terumune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_Masamune" title="Date Masamune">Date Masamune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatakeyama_Yoshitaka" title="Hatakeyama Yoshitaka">Hatakeyama Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_Tadakatsu" title="Honda Tadakatsu">Honda Tadakatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_S%C5%8Dun" title="Hōjō Sōun">Hōjō Sōun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Ujimasa" title="Hōjō Ujimasa">Hōjō Ujimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Ujiyasu" title="Hōjō Ujiyasu">Hōjō Ujiyasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ii_Naomasa" title="Ii Naomasa">Ii Naomasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagawa_Yoshimoto" title="Imagawa Yoshimoto">Imagawa Yoshimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagawa_Ujizane" title="Imagawa Ujizane">Imagawa Ujizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isshiki_Yoshimichi" title="Isshiki Yoshimichi">Isshiki Yoshimichi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Yoshisuke" title="Itō Yoshisuke">Itō Yoshisuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitabatake_Tomonori" title="Kitabatake Tomonori">Kitabatake Tomonori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuroda_Nagamasa" title="Kuroda Nagamasa">Kuroda Nagamasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsunaga_Hisahide" title="Matsunaga Hisahide">Matsunaga Hisahide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyoshi_Nagayoshi" title="Miyoshi Nagayoshi">Miyoshi Nagayoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogami_Yoshiaki" title="Mogami Yoshiaki">Mogami Yoshiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C5%8Dri_Motonari" title="Mōri Motonari">Mōri Motonari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cuchi_Yoshitaka" title="Ōuchi Yoshitaka">Ōuchi Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cuchi_Yoshinaga" title="Ōuchi Yoshinaga">Ōuchi Yoshinaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctomo_S%C5%8Drin" title="Ōtomo Sōrin">Ōtomo Sōrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokkaku_Yoshikata" title="Rokkaku Yoshikata">Rokkaku Yoshikata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8Dji_Takanobu" title="Ryūzōji Takanobu">Ryūzōji Takanobu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_D%C5%8Dsan" title="Saitō Dōsan">Saitō Dōsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Yoshitatsu" title="Saitō Yoshitatsu">Saitō Yoshitatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai_Tadatsugu" title="Sakai Tadatsugu">Sakai Tadatsugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakakibara_Yasumasa" title="Sakakibara Yasumasa">Sakakibara Yasumasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satomi_Yoshitaka" title="Satomi Yoshitaka">Satomi Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Yukitaka" title="Sanada Yukitaka">Sanada Yukitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Masayuki" title="Sanada Masayuki">Sanada Masayuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Nobuyuki" title="Sanada Nobuyuki">Sanada Nobuyuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satake_Yoshishige" title="Satake Yoshishige">Satake Yoshishige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagara_Yoshihi" title="Sagara Yoshihi">Sagara Yoshihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Yoshihisa" title="Shimazu Yoshihisa">Shimazu Yoshihisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Yoshihiro" title="Shimazu Yoshihiro">Shimazu Yoshihiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachibana_D%C5%8Dsetsu" title="Tachibana Dōsetsu">Tachibana Dōsetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeda_Nobutora" title="Takeda Nobutora">Takeda Nobutora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeda_Shingen" title="Takeda Shingen">Takeda Shingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dd%C5%8D_Takatora" title="Tōdō Takatora">Tōdō Takatora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Kagekatsu" title="Uesugi Kagekatsu">Uesugi Kagekatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin" title="Uesugi Kenshin">Uesugi Kenshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Norimasa" title="Uesugi Norimasa">Uesugi Norimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukita_Naoie" title="Ukita Naoie">Ukita Naoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uragami_Munekage" title="Uragami Munekage">Uragami Munekage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamana_Toyokuni" title="Yamana Toyokuni">Yamana Toyokuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamana_Suketoyo" title="Yamana Suketoyo">Yamana Suketoyo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kenjutsu" title="Kenjutsu">Swordsmen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marume_Nagayoshi" title="Marume Nagayoshi">Marume Nagayoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikita_Bungor%C5%8D" title="Hikita Bungorō">Hikita Bungorō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamiizumi_Nobutsuna" title="Kamiizumi Nobutsuna">Kamiizumi Nobutsuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi" title="Miyamoto Musashi">Miyamoto Musashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuno_Katsushige" title="Mizuno Katsushige">Mizuno Katsushige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasaki_Kojir%C5%8D" title="Sasaki Kojirō">Sasaki Kojirō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashima_Akiyama" title="Tadashima Akiyama">Tadashima Akiyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukahara_Bokuden" title="Tsukahara Bokuden">Tsukahara Bokuden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutsumi_H%C5%8Dzan" title="Tsutsumi Hōzan">Tsutsumi Hōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_Munenori" title="Yagyū Munenori">Yagyū Munenori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_Munetoshi" title="Yagyū Munetoshi">Yagyū Munetoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinmen_Munisai" title="Shinmen Munisai">Shinmen Munisai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Itt%C5%8Dsai" title="Itō Ittōsai">Itō Ittōsai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adviser" title="Adviser">Advisers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strategist" title="Strategist">strategists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kobayakawa_Takakage" title="Kobayakawa Takakage">Kobayakawa Takakage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuroda_Yoshitaka" title="Kuroda Yoshitaka">Kuroda Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoe_Kanetsugu" title="Naoe Kanetsugu">Naoe Kanetsugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takenaka_Shigeharu" title="Takenaka Shigeharu">Takenaka Shigeharu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usami_Sadamitsu" title="Usami Sadamitsu">Usami Sadamitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamamoto_Kansuke_(general)" title="Yamamoto Kansuke (general)">Yamamoto Kansuke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ninja" title="Ninja">Ninja</a>, rogues and<br />mercenaries</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mochizuki_Chiyome" title="Mochizuki Chiyome">Mochizuki Chiyome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Kotar%C5%8D" title="Fūma Kotarō">Fūma Kotarō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsume_no_Tsubone" title="Hatsume no Tsubone">Hatsume no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattori_Hanz%C5%8D" title="Hattori Hanzō">Hattori Hanzō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Goemon" title="Ishikawa Goemon">Ishikawa Goemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Danz%C5%8D" title="Katō Danzō">Katō Danzō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirigakure_Saiz%C5%8D" title="Kirigakure Saizō">Kirigakure Shikaemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarutobi_Sasuke" title="Sarutobi Sasuke">Kōzuki Sasuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakamura_(bandit)" title="Nakamura (bandit)">Nakamura Chōbei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohama_Kagetaka" title="Ohama Kagetaka">Ohama Kagetaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugitani_Zenj%C5%ABb%C5%8D" title="Sugitani Zenjūbō">Sugitani Zenjūbō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoichi" title="Suzuki Magoichi">Saika Magoichi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Shigeoki" title="Suzuki Shigeoki">Suzuki Sadayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Shigehide" title="Suzuki Shigehide">Suzuki Shigehide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoichi" title="Suzuki Magoichi">Suzuki Shigetomo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoroku" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzuki Magoroku">Suzuki Magoroku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tateoka_Doshun" title="Tateoka Doshun">Igasaki Dōshun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umemura_Sawano" title="Umemura Sawano">Umemura Sawano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monks</a> and other<br />religious figures</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankokuji_Ekei" title="Ankokuji Ekei">Ankokuji Ekei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa" title="Kōsa">Hongan-ji Kennyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hon%27inb%C5%8D_Sansa" title="Hon'inbō Sansa">Hon'inbō Sansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishin_S%C5%ABden" title="Ishin Sūden">Ishin Sūden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jion_(monk)" title="Jion (monk)">Jion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Kashin" title="Koji Kashin">Koji Kashin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkai" title="Tenkai">Nankōbō Tenkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rennyo" title="Rennyo">Rennyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sessai_Ch%C5%8Dr%C5%8D" title="Sessai Chōrō">Sessai Chōrō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimozuma_Ch%C5%ABk%C5%8D" title="Shimozuma Chūkō">Shimozuma Chūkō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimotsuma_Rairen" title="Shimotsuma Rairen">Shimotsuma Rairen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimozuma_Rairy%C5%AB" title="Shimozuma Rairyū">Shimozuma Rairyū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Takuan Sōhō">Takuan Sōhō</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_castellans_in_Japan" title="List of female castellans in Japan">Female castellans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Ujinohime" title="Ashikaga Ujinohime">Ashikaga Ujihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yodo-dono" title="Yodo-dono">Chacha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyohime" title="Miyohime">Miyohime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munakata_Saikaku" title="Munakata Saikaku">Munakata Saikaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nene_(aristocrat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nene (aristocrat)">Nene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onamihime" title="Onamihime">Onamihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otazu_no_kata" title="Otazu no kata">Otazu no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Otsuya" title="Lady Otsuya">Otsuya no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seishin-ni" title="Seishin-ni">Seishin-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachibana_Ginchiyo" title="Tachibana Ginchiyo">Tachibana Ginchiyo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Onna-musha" title="Onna-musha">Female warriors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akai_Teruko" title="Akai Teruko">Akai Teruko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujishiro_Gozen" title="Fujishiro Gozen">Fujishiro Gozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Ichikawa" title="Lady Ichikawa">Ichikawa no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikeda_Sen" title="Ikeda Sen">Ikeda Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaihime" title="Kaihime">Kaihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamehime" title="Kamehime">Kamehime</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Katakura Kita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Tsune" title="Katō Tsune">Katō Tsune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komatsuhime" title="Komatsuhime">Komatsuhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushihashi_Teru" title="Kushihashi Teru">Kushihashi Teru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeda_Matsu" title="Maeda Matsu">Maeda Matsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My%C5%8Dki" title="Myōki">Myōki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myorin" title="Myorin">Myōrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numata_Jak%C5%8D" title="Numata Jakō">Numata Jakō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuruhime" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsuruhime">Ōhōri Tsuruhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okaji_no_Kata" title="Okaji no Kata">Okaji no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oky%C5%8D" title="Okyō">Okyō no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omasa" title="Omasa">Omasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oni_Gozen" title="Oni Gozen">Oni Gozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigashi" title="Shigashi">Shigashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Shirai" title="Lady Shirai">Shirai no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ueno_Tsuruhime" title="Ueno Tsuruhime">Ueno Tsuruhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuki_no_Kata" title="Yuki no Kata">Yuki no Kata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Acha" title="Lady Acha">Lady Acha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akohime" title="Akohime">Akohime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_no_kata" title="Asahi no kata">Asahihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Chaa" title="Lady Chaa">Lady Chaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikurin-in" title="Chikurin-in">Chikurin-in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C5%8Dhime" title="Gōhime">Gōhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Gory%C5%AB" title="Lady 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