page_title: Kyōgoku Takatsugu
section_title: Genealogy
hierarchical_section_title: Kyōgoku Takatsugu / Genealogy
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 家紋の四つ目結
context_page_description: Kyōgoku Takatsugu was a daimyō of Ōmi Province and Wakasa Province during the late Sengoku period of Japan's history.
context_section_description: The tozama Kyōgoku claimed descent from  Emperor Uda (868–897) by his grandson Minamoto no Masanobu (920–993).  They represent a branch of the Sasaki clan who were adopted by the Seiwa Genji.
  His sister, Kyōgoku Tatsuko, also known as Matsu no maru-dono, was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine.
  Takatsugu's father was Kyōgoku Takayoshi, and his mother was Azai Nagamasa's sister Maria. Takatsugu married Ohatsu, the second of three daughters of his uncle.  Ohatsu's mother, Oichi, was the younger sister of Oda Nobunaga.  Takatsugu became a close relative by marrying Nobunaga's niece.
  The older sister of Takatsugu's wife, Yodo-dono, was the concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and mother of Toyotomi Hideyori. Takatsugu's sister and Yodo-dono's cousin, Kyōgoku Tatsuko, was also became Hideyoshi's concubine. In marriage, Takatsugu became a brother-in-law of Hideyoshi.
  The younger sister of Takatsugu's wife, Oeyo, was the wife of Tokugawa Hidetada and the mother of Iemitsu.  In marriage, Takatsugu became a brother-in-law of Hidetada.
  After Takatsugu's death in 1609, Ohatsu became a Buddhist nun, taking the name Jōkō-in (常高院). With connections to both the Toyotomi and the Tokugawa, the Ohatsu had long served as a liaison between the rivals.  She continued in this role until 1615 when the Tokugawa eliminated the Toyotomi.
  Kyōgoku Tadataka (1593–1637) was Takatsugu's son.  In 1607, Tadataka married the fourth daughter of Shōgun Hidetada.  He died without leaving any heirs, which meant that his holdings reverted to the shogunate.  However, the bakufu acted to continue his line by posthumously designating Kyōgoku Takakazu as an heir.  Takakazu was Tadataka's nephew, the son of his  brother Takamasa.  Tadakazu was initially enfeoffed at Tatsuno (50,000 koku) in Harima Province.
  In 1658, Takakazu was transferred to Marugame in Sanuki Province, where the contrived descendants of Takatsugu remained until the abolition of the han system in 1871.  The head of this Kyōgoku clan branch were ennobled as an hereditary viscount in the Meiji period.
caption: The mon of the Kyōgoku clan
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