This is a list of female castellans in Japanese history.
The list includes the following persons:
The list does not include:
Name | Allegiance | Castle | Reign |
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Harima no Tsubone | Ōkura clan | Hondo castle | 1233 - Unknown (Kamakura period) |
Ii Naotora[1] | Imagawa clan | Iinoya Castle (Tōtōmi Province) | 1565–1568 |
Otazu no kata[2] | None[a] | Hikuma Castle (Tōtōmi Province) | 1566–1568 |
Ii Naotora(2)[1] | Matsudaira clan | Iinoya Castle (Tōtōmi Province) | 1568–1572 |
Lady Otsuya | Oda clan | Iwamura Castle (Mino province) | 1572 |
Ii Naotora(3)[1] | Matsudaira clan | Iinoya Castle (Tōtōmi Province) | 1573–1582 |
Tachibana Ginchiyo | Ōtomo clan | Tachibana Castle (Chikuzen province) | 1575–1581 |
Onamihime[3] | Ashina clan | Sukagawa Castle (Mutsu province) | 1582–1588 |
Ashikaga Ujinohime | ( Later Hōjō clan)[b] | Koga Castle (Shimōsa Province) | 1583–1590 |
Enkyū-ni | Ryūzōji clan | Kamafunatsu Castle (Chikugo Province) | 1584[4] |
Yodo-dono | Toyotomi clan | Yodo castle (Yamashiro Province) | 1589[5] |
Ashikaga Ujinohime(2) | Toyotomi clan→ Kitsuregawa clan |
Kōnosu Palace (Shimōsa Province) | 1590–1620 |
Kōdai-in | Toyotomi clan→ Tokugawa clan |
Kyōto New castle (Yamashiro Province)[6] | 1599–1623 |
Seishin-ni | Nanbu clan | Ne Castle (Mutsu province) | 1614–1620[7] |
A sequence of women who acted remarkably as castellans, without being a formal heiress, or female castellans where there is little detail about their administration, area and castle.