Nene (person)

Nene (ねね^?, 1546–1624), also known as One (おね^?) or Nei (ねい^?) or Nemoji or Kōdai-in (高台院^?), was the childhood name of Sugihara Yasuko (杉原 寧子^?). She was the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. She is also known by the title of "Kita no mandokoro".

She was born in about 1546. She was the daughter of Sugihara Sadatoshi (). It has been rumored that Toshiie Maeda held some romantic interest in Nene prior to her marriage.

In about 1561, she married Hashiba Hideyoshi, a man who would later become one of the three great unifiers of Japan, although at the time of their marriage he had yet to gain much fame. Nene was his principal wife and also one of his favorite wives. In 1585, after Hideyoshi was appointed to the post of Imperial Regent (Kampaku), Nene took on the title of "Kita no mandokoro", by which she is most commonly known in English.

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