Kamehime

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rdf:langString Kamehime (亀姫, 27 July 1560 – 1 August 1625) was a Japanese woman from the Sengoku period. She was the eldest daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his first wife, Lady Tsukiyama. She married Okudaira Nobumasa. The marriage was arranged as a reward for Nobumasa, who had proven himself as the guardian of Nagashino Castle. It is said that her dowry included one of the twenty-one prized writing boxes of crafted by Koami masters. She is known to have acted actively in the siege of Nagashino. Kamehime helped her husband and send Torii Suneemon on the mission to cross the enemy army to request aid to her father, Ieyasu in Okazaki and defended the Nagashino castle. After Ieyasu's death she had a large part in the overthrow of Honda Masazumi, whom she disliked. In 1625, Kamehime died at age 66. Her Buddhist name was Seitokuin and her remains were buried in .