kazuko

Updated: May 10, 2025

In June, 1620, Kazuko, daughter of Hidetada, became first lady-in-waiting, and ultimately Empress under the name of Tofuku-mon-in. It is recorded that 1180 chests were required to carry her trousseau from Yedo, and that the costs of her outfit and of her journey to Kyoto aggregated more than a million sterling.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era