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Because of the turbulent circumstances of Kita's life, she was very interested in, and had an aptitude for, both martial arts and military skills. She became the teacher of her younger half-brother, Katakura
Kagetsuna, who would succeed the leadership of the Katakura clan later. After the birth of
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223:. She who was the main supporter for Date Masamune succeed the clan's leadership. Yoshihime was against Masamune's succession and gave preference to her other son. This crisis in the Date family ended with Yoshihime's exile and the death of Masamune's brother.
196:(northern Japan). When Naoko gave birth to her, her father's concubine gave birth to a boy (Oniniwa Tsunamoto). The concubine becomes the official wife of Oniniwa Yoshinao and Naoko was divorced. After that, Naoko took Kita again with
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1711:1538 births
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1465:Naitō Julia
1460:Lady Myōkyū
1410:Lady Kasuga
1350:Chikurin-in
1323:Other women
1269:Numata Jakō
1254:Maeda Matsu
1244:Komatsuhime
1204:Akai Teruko
1123:Takuan Sōhō
1088:Koji Kashin
1078:Ishin Sūden
958:Fūma Kotarō
945:mercenaries
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790:Ukita Naoie
695:Saitō Dōsan
680:Ōtomo Sōrin
214:Mogami clan
144:during the
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1530:Lady Sanjō
1525:Lady Saigō
1505:Ōmandokoro
1370:Gotokuhime
1365:Dota Gozen
1360:Lady Goryū
1239:Katō Tsune
1181:Seishin-ni
978:Katō Danzō
615:Ii Naomasa
374:2019-07-15
276:References
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1595:Yoshihime
1450:Matsuhime
1415:Keigin-ni
1390:Irohahime
1345:Lady Chaa
1340:Asahihime
1330:Lady Acha
1294:Oni Gozen
1219:Ikeda Sen
1166:Onamihime
1053:and other
815:Swordsmen
600:Hōjō Sōun
353:仙台市史: 資料編
221:Date clan
210:Yoshihime
176:Biography
162:wet nurse
142:Date clan
130:Date clan
99:Relatives
1678:See also
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1575:Tokuhime
1555:Tobai-in
1535:Seien-in
1510:Ono Otsū
1455:Megohime
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1400:Jukei-ni
1299:Shigashi
1229:Kamehime
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236:Megohime
88:(father)
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1545:Senhime
1540:Seikōin
1420:Kitsuno
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317:仙台先哲偉人錄
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1355:Gōhime
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1520:Rikei
1485:Oichi
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1051:Monks
941:Ninja
297:戦国名将伝
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1490:Oinu
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