豊臣秀吉の妹・朝日姫のその後。44歳で家康に嫁ぎ、3年8か月で迎えた最期と『2つの墓』【豊臣兄弟！】

This woman has two graves. One is Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto, and the other is a temple in a town far away along the Tokaido road. This is Asahi, the younger sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu . I sharpened my hair when I was 44 years old . She was previously married. It is said that

Asahi died in January 1590 at what is now Jurakudai . Later records of the shogunate simply state: On January 14th, at the 5th place of sunset, I will put down my pen on most of the stories I write about the rising sun . However, this person has a Suzuki . It appears that the residence has changed eight times in the three years since it was first opened

. Today marks the end of the lineage, and the graves are separated into two temples. Two and a half years later, my mother will die in the same generation. In an Edo period book, her name and subsequent names are written inconsistently. Who decided on the residence of my late husband, and where were his cries and posthumous name taken

? There are three mysteries in total . Who was it that carried on the prayer of the rising sun to the people of Nara in the spring? Which temple and sect does the other tomb belong to? Where is the building that covered my mother's grave located now? We will follow the Asahi Shimbun's 3 years and 8 months, and what follows, in

order of cities. First, let's briefly observe the time it takes for the sun to rise . The dates are based on the calendar of that time. Age is expressed using the traditional Japanese age counting system . Asahi is believed to have been born in Nakamura around 1543 (Tenbun 12). This is roughly the