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Shōtō-in
Shōtō-in
was an early
Christian in Japan
. By
birth
Ōmura
Sono
, she took the
Christian name
Mencia
. The
fifth
daughter
of
Christian
daimyō
Ōmura Sumitada
, she was the
wife
of
Matsura Hisanobu
and the
mother of
Matsura Takanobu
.
Portraits
dating
to
1653
by
Kanō Yasunobu
of Shōtō-in, of her son Shōjū-in, and of her second daughter Seijō-in are
preserved
in the
Matsura Historical Museum
in
Hirado
.
