KyÅgoku Tatsuko
In this Japanese name, the family name is KyÅgoku.
Lady Matsunomaru
KyÅgoku Tatsuko (京極竜å) (? – October 22, 1634) was a Japanese woman who lived from the Sengoku Period to the early Edo Period. She was the younger sister of KyÅgoku Takatsugu. She was first the wife of Wakasa daimyo Takeda Motoaki, but after his death she became Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine. Her cousin, Chacha, was also a concubine and both of them were best friends. Hideyoshi granted her the name Lady Matsunomaru (æ¾ã®ä¸¸æ®¿).
After Hideyoshi's death she became a nun under the name JuhÅ-in (寿芳院). She also moved to ÅŒtsu Castle, which was under the command of her brother, in Omi Province, and she was there when the Siege of ÅŒtsu occurred.
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