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.
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Tokugawa Ienari — Tokugawa Ienari; 徳川 家斉 (November 18, 1773 ndash;March 22, 1841) was the eleventh shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1786 to 1837. Family lifeFirst wifeIn 1776, the four year old Hitosubash Toyochiyo, a minor figure in… … Wikipedia
Ōoku (TV series) — Ōoku (大奥) was a Japanese drama produced by FujiTV. The story is set in the Edo period and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was the part the ladies lived in Edo Castle. The popularity of the show has produced five… … Wikipedia
Konoe Motohiro — (jap. 近衛 基熙; * 1648; † 1722), veraltet: Konoye Motohiro, war Maler, Kalligraph und von 1690–1703 Kampaku (Regent) für den japanischen Kaiser Higashiyama. Lebensweg Der Vater Konoe Motohiros war der zurückgetretene Kampaku Konoe Hisatsugu (近衛 尚嗣) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Konoye Motohiro — Konoe Motohiro (jap. 近衛 基熙; * 1648; † 1722), veraltet: Konoye Motohiro, war Maler, Kalligraph und von 1690–1703 Kampaku (Regent) für den japanischen Kaiser Higashiyama. Lebensweg Der Vater Konoe Motohiros war der zurückgetretene Kampaku Konoe… … Deutsch Wikipedia
