19 Facts About Lady Acha

Lady Acha or Acha no Tsubone was a Japanese noble woman from the Sengoku period to the early Edo period.

Lady Acha was a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Lady Acha's pseudonym was Acha no Tsubone, Minbukyo, Yegonvie, Unko-in, Kamio Ichii and Ichii no ama.

Lady Acha offered to have her join the Tokugawa family as his concubine.

Lady Acha introduced Tadanao to Ieyasu, so he was employed and later became a page of Tokugawa Hidetada, second shogun of the Tokugawa lineage.

Lady Acha served Tokugawa Ieyasu in several of his military campaigns.

At that time, Lady Acha accompanied the army and went to the battlefield.

Lady Acha was pregnant, and due to the tensions in battle she miscarried after the war and she never had a child with Ieyasu.

In 1589, after the death of Lady Saigo, Acha become adopted mother of Tokugawa Hidetada and Matsudaira Tadayoshi.

Since then, Lady Acha has repeatedly acted as a messenger in various positions.

Lady Acha was chosen by Ieyasu to employ new talents to serve the Tokugawa clan.

Lady Acha responded to Ieyasu's confidence in political aspects by becoming chief secretary.

Lady Acha was employed to ease rifts between the clans.

Lady Acha refused several offers made by Ieyasu and expelled the pro-Tokugawa servants from Osaka Castle.

In 1614, Lady Acha accompanied Ieyasu and the entire Tokugawa army into battle with the Toyotomi.

Lady Acha served as an envoy for peace negotiations at the time of the Siege of Osaka.

Lady Acha was accompanied by Honda Masazumi to meet Kyogoku Tadataka, son of Ohatsu, younger sister of Yodo-dono.

Lady Acha went to the enemy headquarters and held again a peace conference with Ohatsu and Okurakyo no Tsubone, maid of Yodo-dono.

Lady Acha was told that the outer ditch should be filled by Ieyasu's men.