Midaidokoro
The midaidokoro (御台所) was the official wife of the Shogun. During the Edo period, she resided in the Ōoku of Edo Castle and sometimes wielded considerable political power behind the scenes. This title first use by Oeyo wife of second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada.
List of Midaidokoro:
- Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada
- Takatsukasa Takako, wife of Tokugawa Iemitsu
- Konoe Nobuko, wife of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Takatsukasa Hiroko, later Ten-ei'in, wife of Tokugawa Ienobu
- Yasonomiya (1709-1717), wife of Tokugawa Ietsugu and daughter of Emperor Higashiyama
- Nami No Miya, wife of Tokugawa Ieshige and daughter of Prince Fushimi-no-miya Kuninaga (1676-1726)
- Shimazu no Shigehime or Tadakohime, wife of Tokugawa Ienari
- Arisugawa Takako (1795-1840), wife of Tokugawa Ieyoshi and daughter of Prince Arisugawa Orihito
- Shimazu Atsuhime or Fujiwara no Sumiko, later Tenshoin, wife of Tokugawa Iesada and daughter of Shimazu Nariakira, adopted daughter of Konoe Tadahiro
- Chikako, Princess Kazu, later Seikan'in-no-miya, wife of Tokugawa Iemochi and daughter of Emperor Ninko
- Tokugawa Mikako (1835-1894), wife of Tokugawa Yoshinobu
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