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The midaidokoro (御台所) was the official wife of the shōgun. During the Edo period, she resided in the ŌokuofEdo Castle and sometimes wielded considerable political power behind the scenes.
The first Midaidokoro in this period was wife of the second shōgun, Tokugawa Hidetada, because when the Tokugawa Ieyasu became shōgun, his wives had already died and there was no Midaidokoro at that time. When Tokugawa Yoshimune's time came he didn't have Midaidokoro either because his wife had died before he became shōgun. Also when Tokugawa Ieshige's time, his wife already died. At Tokugawa Yoshinobu's time he and his wife didn't enter Edo castle but they entered Nijo castle so his wife was called "Gorenju".
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