Chikurin-in (竹林院) (1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period.

She was Ōtani Yoshitsugu's daughter, then she was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before marrying Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige).

[2] It was a political marriage suggested by Hideyoshi to ensure an alliance between the Toyotomi (and the Ōtani) and the Sanada.

It is said that life in Kudoyama was difficult so, according to the tradition, she is supposed to had devise the Sanadahimo, that applied Tsumugi technology.

[2] In 1615, during the Osaka Campaign, Yukimura and his family escaped from the exile to join in the Toyotomi's forces.