She was born at the Minamioji residence in Shimogamo Village, Otagi County, Province of Yamashiro (present-day Shimokamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) and on October 14, 1845, at the age of 13, she became a wife of the Crown Prince, Imperial Prince Osahito (later Emperor Komei), who was 2 years older than her. 山城国愛宕郡下鴨村(現京都市左京区下鴨)の南大路家で誕生し、弘化2年(1845年)9月14日 (旧暦)、13歳の時に、2歳年上の東宮統仁親王(のちの孝明天皇)の妃となる。 |