Shōtō-in | |
Native Name: | 松東院 |
Birth Date: | 1571? |
Death Date: | 1656 |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Other Names: | Mencia |
Spouse: | Matsura Hisanobu, |
Children: | Takanobu, Seijō-in (Koto) |
Father: | Ōmura Sumitada |
(1571? – 1656) was an early Christian in Japan. By birth Ōmura Sono, she took the Christian name . 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 (the Dharma name of Takanobu), and of her second daughter are preserved in the Matsura Historical Museum in Hirado.