Kyōgoku Tatsuko

Due to this illustrious heritage, she could claim to be from a more distinguished family than Yodo-dono, who was known for her marriage to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was of lower birth.

A portrait of Kyogoku Tatsuko has been preserved at Seigan-ji Temple in Kyoto, depicting her in her forties, highlighting her exceptional beauty.

When Otsu Castle came under attack by the Osaka forces prior to the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, records from the Chikushi Kobunsho mention Kyogoku Tatsuko's presence in the inner citadel.

After the battle, she took religious vows and assumed the name Jikko-in, residing at Saiho-in Temple in the Western Dojo-in Monastery.

In August of the ninth year of the Keicho era (1604), she visited Toyokuni Shrine along with Lady Takadai-nyo Sugihara (杉原氏) and Goho-hime.

After the Siege of Osaka in the summer, Kyogoku Tatsuko protected a lady-in-waiting named Kiku, who was a maid of Yodo-dono, and received the body of Kunimatsu, the son of Hideyori, who had been executed at Rokujogawara.

On September 1, 1634, Kyogoku Tatsuko died at her residence in Nishi Dojo-in, Kyoto, and was posthumously named Jikko-in Don Gekko Sekihisa Daizenjo-ni.