Life and work

She was the oldest daughter of Katsunuma Nobutomo

Katsunuma Nobutomo

was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. The son of Takeda Nobutsuna, he was a high ranking general who served the Takeda clan of Kai Province. As his landholding was in the Katsunuma region of Kai, he used the shō of "Katsunuma." According to the record Katsuyama-ki , he was killed in action...

 and became a nun at Mount Kashiwao. In 1582, Takeda Katsuyori

Takeda Katsuyori

was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was the son of Shingen by the , the daughter of Suwa Yorishige...

, his wife and retinue fled to the mountain after having been defeated in battle. In the Nun Rikei's Account she describes their last few days and how his wife committed suicide.

Rikei pitied them for not being buried properly and later wrote verses in their honour.