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Imagawa Yoshimoto
Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
Battle of Okehazama
1560 battle
Imagawa clan
Japanese clan
Imagawa Ujizane
Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
Imagawa Sadayo
Japanese poet and military commander of the early Muromachi period
Imagawa Ujichika
Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
Tsukiyama-dono
Japanese noble
Imagawa Yoshitada
Japanese daimyo of the late Muromaci period
Imagawa Ujiteru
Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
Jukei-ni
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".