Kido Matsuko

Kido Matsuko (木戸 松子) (born Kizaki Kei (木崎 計); November 22, 1843 – April 10, 1886), later known as the nun Suikōin (翠香院), was a Japanese woman from the late Edo period to the Meiji period.^[1][2] She was formerly a geisha under the stage name Ikumatsu (幾松) from Sanbongi, Kyoto. She was the lover (and later the wife) of Katsura Kogorō (later Kido Takayoshi), who would go on to become one of the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration.^[3]

Kido Matsuko
木戸 松子
Kido Matsuko in 1870
Born	Kizaki Kei (1843-11-22)November 22, 1843 Obama Domain, Wakasa Province, Japan
Died	April 10, 1886(1886-04-10) (aged 42) Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Resting place	Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Ikumatsu Okabe Matsuko Suikōin
Occupation(s)	nun, noblewoman, former geisha
Era	Edo period, Meiji period
Spouse	Kido Takayoshi ​ ​ (m. 1868; died 1877)​
Children	none
Parents	Kizaki Ichibei (father) Hosokawa Sumi (mother)

References

1. 幕末維新大人名事典(上). Japan: 新人物往来社. 2010. p. 448.
2. Japanese Biographical Index. Walter de Gruyter. 2013-02-06. ISBN 978-3-11-094798-4.
3. 橋場日月 (2019-04-26). 図解 面白いほどよくわかる！日本史 (in Japanese). 西東社. ISBN 978-4-7916-8328-4.