Kushihashi Teru

Teruhime or Kushihashi Teru (櫛橋 光, 1553 – October 5, 1627) was a Japanese noblewoman and aristocrat of the Sengoku period, who was daimyo Kuroda Yoshitaka's only wife. The daughter of Kushihashi Koresada and the foster daughter of Kodera Masamoto, she was the princess of Shikata Castle in Harima Province. In the Battle of Sekigahara, Ishida Mitsunari planned to take her as a political hostage, but with the help of Toshiyasu Kuriyama, Tahei Mori and others retainers, she was able to hide and escape.[1]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kushihashi.
Kushihashi Teru (Mitsu) portrait

Life

In the year 1567 she married Kuroda Yoshitaka; she gave birth to Kuroda Nagamasa in 1568 and Kuroda Kumanosuke in 1582. When Bessho Nagaharu rebelled against Oda Nobunaga, the Kushihashi clan sided with Nagaharu.

When the Battle of Sekigahara took place, Ishida Mitsunari detained the daimyo's family as hostages, forcing Hosokawa Gracia to end her own life. Teru fled during the chaos that Gracia's suicide caused. Her husband and son Nagamasa were once Kirishitan (Christian), but Teruhime was a devout of Pure Land Buddhism.

References
  1. Kidai no gunshi Kuroda Kanbē. Harimagaku Kenkyūjo., 播磨学研究所. Kōbe-shi: Kōbe Shinbun Sōgō Shuppan Sentā. 2008. ISBN 9784343004574. OCLC 229342880.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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