Imagawa clan

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

1560 battle

Japanese clan

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

Japanese poet and military commander of the early Muromachi period

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

Japanese noble

Japanese daimyo of the late Muromaci period

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

Jukei-ni (寿桂尼, 1490 - 11 April 1568) was a Japanese noble lady who acted as the power behind the throne or de facto daimyo of the Imagawa clan during the Sengoku period. She was born in the aristocrat Nakamikado Family of Kyoto. Jukei-ni was the wife of Imagawa Ujichika and mother of Imagawa Ujiteru, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Zukei-ni. She acted as guardian and advisor for Ujichika, Ujiteru, Yoshimoto and her grandson Imagawa Ujizane. Jukei-ni is also known as Onna Daimyo and "Amamidai", once proclaimed that she would "protect Imagawa to her grave".