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Kitsuno was born in 1538 and according to Ikoma's record, the father was Iemune, the third generation of Ikoma family. She first married to Yaheiji Dota, however, Yaheiji died in the battle of Akechi and she had to return to her parents' home, Ikoma mansion. There, she met Nobunaga and Nobunaga fell in love with her. Therefore, she became his concubine and gave birth to Nobutada, Nobukatsu, and Princess Toku. According to the Nobunaga official record, Nobunaga officially married Nouhime, the daughter of Dosan Saito from Mino district in 1547. However, the princess didn't bear child and there is not much record written about her, it can be assumed that the position of Kitsuno was higher than that of the official wife. Besides her beauty, what attracted Nobunaga so much was the maternal love inside of Kitsuno. Nobunaga didn't get enough affection from his mother even when he was a child, but always wanted it. Additional to it, the wealth and power of the Ikoma family must had been one of the attractive points. Kitsuno moved to Kori with castle in 1564, however, she died of ill two years later, and she was only 29 at that time. Although, Nobunaga was known as cruel, selfish, bellicose person, Kitsuno was always supporting him behind scenes. |
