Toshiie's wife, Maeda Matsu, was famous in her own right. Strong-willed from childhood, she was well-versed in the martial arts and was instrumental in Toshiie's rise to success. After her husband died, Matsu, then known by her Buddhist nun name of Hoshun-in, assured the safety of the Maeda clan after the year 1600 by voluntarily going as a hostage to Edo, capital of the new shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, whom she loathed throughout her life as she watched him, her husband, and Hideyoshi compete for power. Wives, concubines, children: Wife: Maeda Matsu (1547-1617) First Daughter: Kohime (1559–1616) married Maeda Nagatane First Son: Maeda Toshinaga (1562-1614) Second daughter: Shohime married Nakagawa Mitsushige Third daughter: Maahime (1572–1605) become Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s concubine later Madenokoji Atsufusa’s concubine Fourth daughter: Gohime (1574–1634) married Ukita Hideie, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's adopted son. Fifth Daughter: Yome, Asano Yoshinaga's fiancée Second Son: Maeda Toshimasa (1578-1633) Seventh Daughter: Chisehime (1580–1641) married Hosokawa Tadataka later married Murai Nagatsugu Concubine: Chiyobo (1570-1631) later Kinse-in Fourth son: Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658) Concubine: Oiwa, later Ryujo-in Sixth daughter: Maeda Kikuhime (1578–1584) Ninth daughter: Yoshi, Takeda Nobuyoshi's fiancée, later married Shinohara Sadahide 3 boys (early life) Concubine: Ozai, later Kinse-in Eighth daughter: Fuku, married Cho Yoshitsura, later married Nakagawa Mitsutada Third son: Maeda Tomoyoshi (1591-1628) Concubine: Jufuku-in Fifth son: Maeda Toshitaka (1594–1637) Concubine: Kaishoin Sixth son: Maeda Toshisada (1598-1620) unknown girl (early life) Nephew: Maeda Toshimasu (1543-1612) Their sons all became daimyōs in their own right. Their daughters married into prestigious families; the eldest, Kō, married Maeda Nagatane, a distant relative of Toshiie who became a senior Kaga retainer; Ma'a, was a concubine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi later Married Marikouji Mitsurubo, Gō was adopted by Hideyoshi and became the wife of Ukita Hideie, and Chise, who was first wedded to Hosokawa Tadaoki's son Tadataka, later married Murai Nagayori's son Nagatsugu. Sho married Nakagawa Mitsushige. Toshi married Shinohara Sadahide. Fuku married Nakagawa Mitsutada. Ōdenta sword "Ōdenta" or "Great Denta" or "The Best among Swords Forged by Denta". Along with "Onimaru" and "Futatsu-mei", the sword was considered to be one of the three regalia swords of the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan. Later passed down to Maeda Toshiie. A legend says the sword healed a daughter of Toshiie and another legend says birds never try to approach to a warehouse where this sword is stored. In popular culture He is a playable character in video game Sengoku Basara 2 (PS2) and