{"id":9696,"date":"2024-03-29T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/?p=9696"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:50:50","slug":"the-legendary-sword-%e3%80%8codenta-mitsuyo%e3%80%8d-which-saved-princess-gohime-from-a-mysterious-illness-can-be-seen%e3%80%90kanazawa-event%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/9696","title":{"rendered":"The legendary sword \u300cOdenta Mitsuyo\u300d, which saved Princess Gohime from a “mysterious illness,” can be seen\u3010Kanazawa event\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The exhibition \u300eSpecial Exhibit: Famous Swords of the Maeda Family of the Kaga Domain\u300f will be held at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art from March 26 (Tuesday) and will feature the “Maeda Family’s Three Famous Swords. The three famous swords are \u300cOdenta Mitsuyo\u300d, \u300cMaeda Toushiro\u300d, and \u300cTomitago\u300d. Among them, do you know the legend concerning \u300cOdenta Mitsuyo\u300d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anecdotes about Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s adopted daughter, Princess Gohime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Toyotomi family member, Ukita Hideie, was played by Shuntaro Yanagi in the NHK Taiga Drama \u300eWhat to do about Ieyasu\u300f (2023). Although it was not shown in close-up in the drama, Hideie’s wife is Princess Gohime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohime was born the fourth daughter of Maeda Toshiie (her birth mother was Matsu) and was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at his request. She eventually became the wife of Ukita Hideie in her mid-teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day, Princess Gohime suffered from an unexplained illness and was told by a fortune teller that she was possessed by a fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toshiie Maeda borrowed a “sacred sword” from Hideyoshi Toyotomi in order to save Princess Gohime. The “sacred sword” was placed in Princess Gohime’s bed, and her illness was cured in about three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The “sacred sword” was \u300cOdenta Mitsuyo\u300d. As soon as she returned the sword to Hideyoshi, Princess Gohime fell ill again. She immediately borrowed Odenta Mitsuyo and placed it on her sickbed, and her illness was cured once again. Hideyoshi recognized the magical power of Odonta Mitsuyo and gave it to the Maeda family for Princess Gohime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is Odenta Mitsuyo?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The \u300cOdenta Mitsuyo\u300d is considered one of the \u300cFive Swords of Heaven\u300d, the greatest masterpieces of Japanese swordsmanship. It is so called because it was made by Mitsuyo Miike Nenta, a swordsmith in Chikugo Province at the end of the Heian period (794-1185), and is sometimes abbreviated to \u300cOdenta\u300d. Chikugo Province is located in the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, and it is widely believed that the sword was made in the vicinity of present-day Omuta City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n