History of Asia

Oda Nobunaga's Seishitsu, Nohime [Returning Butterfly]'s mysterious life

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Nohime Is Oda Nobunaga Seishitsu It is famous as a character who appears in numerous historical dramas, novels, and theatrical performances. Historically, she is only recorded as having married Oda Nobunaga, and she is a mystery as a person of unknown birth date.

Recently, the 2020 Taiga drama [ Kirin ga Kuru ] The arrest of Erika Sawajiri, who played the role of Nohime, has made her a substitute for Haruna Kawaguchi. This time, the taiga is [ Akechi Mitsuhide ] So, of course, it seems that there is also a connection with Nobunaga Oda's regular room, Nohime.

Taking this opportunity, Kirin will come for a while. I will write a biography focusing on the people who will appear in.

So this time, let's introduce Nohime as the first step.

Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide have already been introduced, so please refer to them.

Career of Nohime

Daimyo of Mino Province, Saito Dosan It is said that Omi no Kata in her Seishitsu was from Akechi, and although there are various theories, Nohime and Akechi Mitsuhide had a cousin relationship.

There is almost no historical material left about Nohime, so it's almost a speculation part ...

  • Around 1535, the birth of Nohime
  • 1541:Dosan Saito becomes the lord of Mino
  • 1546 She marries Mino Mamoru, Toki Yorizumi
  • 1547 Toki Yorizumi dies and returns to Dosan
  • 1549 Married to Nobunaga Oda
  • Unknown after ...

It is unknown when she was, but it seems that she disappeared from the front stage of history at the end of the record that she donated a portrait of her father, Dosan Saito, to the Bodaiji Temple of the Saito family.

Nohime's real name is [Returning Butterfly]

The name Nohime is " Ehon Taikoki " published in the Edo period. And " Warlord's sentiment 』, Noshu (Mino Province) It's just a noble woman, not her real name.

Her original name is mentioned in a few sources as being a return butterfly or a butterfly.

Was she a very pretty woman because of the butterflies in her name?

It was my second marriage to Nobunaga Oda! ??

It is famous that she married Oda Nobunaga as a regular room, but before that, Mino Kunimori, Yorizumi Toki I was married when I was 11 years old. However, in less than a year, she returned to the Saito family after the death of Toki Yorizumi.

However, there is no clear historical record about this marriage and it is not final.

And when Nohime was 15 years old, Saito Dosan Was once put on hold Oda Nobuhide Firstborn, Nobunaga He offered to marry Nohime.

At that time, her father, Dosan, said, "If Oda Nobunaga is a rumored and fool, stab him. I was given a dagger. However, Nohime told her father, Dosan Saito, that she "may stab her father," a dagger anecdote . Is famous.

Nohime was a spy sent by Dosan! ??

Shortly after Nobunaga was married, Nobunaga saw her sleep and began to get out of her bed at night. When Nobunaga asked Nobunaga Oda, she was suspicious, and she [ waiting for a call from the rebellious Saito clan . ].

When her daughter, Nohime, learns about the rebellion of her vassal, Dosan Saito kills her vassal.

However, this was a strategy that took advantage of the spy Nohime, thus trying to weaken the Saito family. Nobunaga Oda and Mr. and Mrs. Nohime feel scared because they are too tacticians.

Subsequent consideration of Nohime

As I wrote earlier, she disappeared from the front stage of history after donating a portrait of Dosan Saito to the Bodaiji Temple of the Saito family, but some consideration remains.

With Nobunaga at Honnoji

There is a theory that Nohime stayed with Nobunaga at the Honnoji Incident, and she fought against the Akechi army.

There is a record that her vassal brought her hair and buried it in the hair mound of Nohime in Fudo-cho, Gifu City. From that, it is said that Nohime might have been with Nobunaga at Honnoji.

One theory is that some may or may not say that she betrayed Nobunaga and sided with Mitsuhide ...

Completed her natural life as Azuchiden

1587 Nobukatsu Oda [ Nobukatsu Oda's scholarship book ] To [ Azuchiden ] Is written, and it is said that this may refer to Nohime. It is speculated that she was named Nobunaga's wife and was a regular room because she was named after her, which is closely related to her land.

If she was [Azuchiden] =Nohime, 1587 She would have been alive at that point.

Early divorce / death theory

It is said that he divorced because he ruled Mino and the Saito clan was destroyed, so there was no point in a political marriage, and no child was born with Nohime. However, this theory is considered to be unlikely because it was necessary for the Oda clan to follow the ties of Nohime in order to welcome the Mino people after the suppression as vassals.

Also, during the Saito Tatsuoki era, there was a historical document saying that Yoshitatsu's daughter (Niece of Nohime) wanted to be a concubine, so it is thought that Nohime is no longer in the world at this time.

Finally ...

As mentioned above, Nobunaga has too many mysteries, but it seems that there is no doubt that she married Oda Nobunaga and donated a portrait of Dosan to the Saito family's Bodaiji Temple.

There is no difference that she was her good wife for Oda Nobunaga because she did not write anything bad in any of the historical materials and it was written like a beautiful and very smart person in posterity. I think.