Odai no Kata


Odai no kata, also known as Dai, Daishi, and Denzûin, was a Japanese noble lady from the Sengoku period. She is best known for being the mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. She was the daughter of Mizuno Tadamasa, the lord of Kariya Castle. She was married to Matsudaira Hirotada in 1541 and gave birth to Ieyasu the following year. After the Mizuno clan betrayed Hirotada in 1544, he divorced her and remarried.

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