Kido Matsuko

Kido Matsuko
Kido Matsuko
木戸松子
	Kido Matsuko in 1870
Born	Kizaki Kei; November 22, 1843; Obama Domain, Wakasa Province, Japan
Died	April 10, 1886 (aged 42); Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Resting place	Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Ikumatsu ; Okabe Matsuko ; Suikōin
Occupations	nun, noblewoman, former geisha
Era	Edo period, Meiji period
Spouse	Kido Takayoshi (m. 1868; died 1877)
Children	none
Parents	Kizaki Ichibei (father); Hosokawa Sumi (mother);

Kido Matsuko (木戸松子) (born Kizaki Kei (木崎計); November 22, 1843 – April 10, 1886), later known as the nun Suikōin (翠香院), was a Japanese woman from the late Edo period to the Meiji period.^[1]^[2] She was formerly a geisha under the stage name Ikumatsu (幾松) from Sanbongi, Kyoto. She was the lover (and later the wife) of Katsura Kogorō (later Kido Takayoshi), who would go on to become one of the Three Great Nobles of the Restoration.^[3]