Ashikaga Ujinohime 足利 氏姫 | |
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Koga Kubō(de facto) | |
In office 1583–1590 | |
Preceded by | Ashikaga Yoshiuji |
Castellan of Kōnosu Palace (Kitsuregawa clan) | |
In office 1590–1620 | |
Personal details | |
Spouse(s) | Ashikaga Kunitomo Ashikaga Yoriuji |
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Relatives | Hōjō Ujiyasu (grandfather) Lady Hayakawa (aunt) Hōjō Ujimasa (uncle) Hōjō Ujiteru (uncle) Hōjō Ujikuni (uncle) Hōjō Ujinori (uncle) |
Military service | |
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Ashikaga Ujihime (足利 氏姫, 1574 – June 6, 1620), or Ashikaga no Ujihime[1], Ashikaga Ujinohime[2] was the de facto Koga kubō in Sengoku period. She was the daughter of 5th Koga kubō Ashikaga Yoshiuji and Jōkō-in (a daughter of Hōjō Ujiyasu). She was a woman trained in martial arts and received education from the highest court. In 1583 when Yoshiuji died without a male heir, Ujihime succeeded her father at the young age of nine, she took the title Koga kubō (title equivalent to shōgun in Kantō region) and inherited an area equivalent the Koga domain.[1]