Tenshō-in
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, also known as '''', was the official wife of , the 13th shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. She was the daughter of Lady Oyuki and , who was the head of the branch of the Shimazu in Satsuma.
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- Other
- Gender
- Not applicable
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1987
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Key facts
- Officeholder.spouse
- Tokugawa Iesada
- Officeholder.office
- Midaidokoro
- Officeholder.name
- Tenshō-in天璋院
- Officeholder.image
- Tenshō-in Atsuhime Photo.png
- Officeholder.relations
- Shimazu Nariakira (adoptive father) Konoe Tadahiro (adoptive father)
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Ichijo Hideko
- Officeholder.successor
- Princess Kazu
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain Japan
- Officeholder.death_place
- Tokyo, Japan
- Officeholder.nationality
- Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Sendagaya
- Spouse
- Tokugawa Iesada
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- Shimazu clan
- Military rank
- shogun
- Image
- Tenshō-in Atsuhime Photo.png
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- date of death
- 1883-11-20
- date of birth
- 1836-02-05
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- name in native language
- 天璋院
- Commons category
- Tenshōin
- name in kana
- てんしょういん
- relative
- Tokugawa Iemochi
- place of burial
- Kan'ei-ji Temple
- manner of death
- natural causes
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, also known as '''', was the official wife of , the 13th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. She was the daughter of Lady Oyuki and , who was the head of the branch of the Shimazu in Satsuma.
She was originally named by her parents. When she was adopted by Shimazu Nariakira, her name was changed to or ("Lady Atsu") and later to upon her adoption by Konoe Tadahiro.
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