| At first, the daughter of Nagamasa KURODA was reported as Iemochi's marriage partner, but in August of 1623, Takako TAKATSUKASA of the Takatsukasa family (a line of regents and advisers) came down to Edo, and in December of the same year she was married into the Tokugawa family. |
家光の結婚相手としては黒田長政の娘との噂もあったが、元和9年（1623年）8月には摂家鷹司家から鷹司孝子が江戸へ下り、同年12月には正式に輿入れする。 |