Ieyasu for supremacy (Siege of Osaka), Kōdai-in took the side of Ieyasu. Death After her death in 1624 and burial within the temple compound, she was posthumously given the name of Hikari no Tenshi or "Angel of Light". Her remains would later be unearthed to make way for the sanctuary known as Otama-ya. Upon its completion, her remains was interred in there, placed under the wooden statue of herself, alongside the statue of Hideyoshi. Legacy The life of this prominent resident of Kyoto is still commemorated in a short street which bears her name. remains lined with structures built in traditional Kyoto style. Nene-no-Michi is located in Higashiyama Ward in eastern Kyoto near Kōdai-ji, Maruyama Park and Yasaka Shrine. Mikazuki Munechika (sword) Sword made by Sanjō Munechika (三条宗近), One of the Five Swords under Heaven (天下五剣); the name "Mikazuki (三日月)", meaning "crescent moon" refers to the shape of the tempering pattern; owned by Kōdai-in, wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who bequeathed it to Tokugawa Hidetada, then handed down in the Tokugawa clan. Honours Junior First Rank (April 19, 1588) See also List of female castellans in Japan People of the Sengoku period in popular culture. References Further reading Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (1982). Hideyoshi. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Nenz Detto Nenzi, Laura. (2008). Excursions in Identity: Travel and the Intersection of Place, Gender, and Status in Edo Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. Rowthorn, Chris. (2005). Kyoto: City Guide. Melbourne: Lonely Planet. OCLC: 224361206 Yoshikawa, Eiji. (1992). Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha International. (cloth) _. (2000). Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha International. (cloth) 1540s births 1624 deaths 16th-century Japanese people 17th-century Japanese people 16th-century Japanese women 17th-century Japanese women Japanese Buddhist clergy People of Sengoku-period Japan Women of medieval Japan 16th-century women politicians Japanese Buddhist nuns 16th-century Buddhist nuns 17th-century Buddhist nuns