Kodai-in

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Kodai-in, better known as Nene, was the principal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a prominent noblewoman who later became a respected Buddhist nun and patron of temples in Japan’s late Sengoku period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist nun
Japanese noblewoman
Sengoku-period person
historical figure
activity religious patronage
support of temple construction and maintenance
alsoKnownAs Kita no Mandokoro NERFINISHED
Nene NERFINISHED
associatedWith Buddhist clergy
Kyoto NERFINISHED
Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED
convertedTo Buddhist nun later in life
country Japan
era 16th-century Japan
gender female
historicalContext late Sengoku political unification of Japan
honorificTitle Kita no Mandokoro NERFINISHED
influenced religious and cultural life of late Sengoku Japan
maritalStatus married to Toyotomi Hideyoshi
nobleRank kugyō consort
notableFor becoming a respected Buddhist nun
influence at Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s court
patronage of Buddhist temples
patronOf Buddhist temples
monastic communities
period Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED
Sengoku period
religion Buddhism
role political mediator
principal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
temple patron
socialStatus high-ranking noblewoman
sphereOfInfluence imperial court and warrior elite
spouse Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED
titleAfterOrdination Kodai-in NERFINISHED

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Nene alsoKnownAs Kodai-in
Nene title Kodai-in