Saotome no Marieko, the Imperial Concubine, niece to two of the Saotome Pretenders, cousin to three, sister to four, and aunt to five others.
The Saotome Pretenders (also known as the Fifteen Saotomes) referred to the claimants to the Uzivian imperial throne who belonged to the Saotome clan, which the emperor Katsuhiko's mother, Saotome no Marieko, came from.
The Fifteen Saotomes[]
There were fifteen people who were considered the leading figures of the Saotome Rebellion:
- HH Saotome Narukami no Marieko (daughter of Saotome Katsushige)
- Saotome Narukami no Hironaka (younger brother of Saotome Katsushige)
- Saotome Narukami no Yukimi (daughter of Narukami Hironaka)
- Saotome Narukami no Masayu (younger sister of Saotome Katsushige)
- Matsunosato no Riyako (daughter of Saotome Masayu)
- Shigebuchi no Hiomi (daughter of Saotome Masayu)
- Saotome Narukami no Katsunari (older brother of Saotome Marieko)
- Saotome Narukami no Kazami (daughter of Saotome Katsunari)
- Saotome Narukami no Hatsuho (younger sister of Saotome Marieko)
- Nagashiba no Yasuyo (daughter of Saotome Hatsuho)
- Nagashiba no Nobuyasu (son of Saotome Hatsuho)
- Saotome Narukami no Iehisa (younger brother of Saotome Marieko)
- Toshii Kagura no Hitoyuki (younger half-brother of Saotome Marieko)
- Toshii Kagura no Shigefumi (son of Toshii Hitoyuki)
- Toshii Kagura no Yukitada (son of Toshii Hitoyuki)
Despite being called the Fifteen Saotomes, there were only eight of them actually bearing the surname. While popularly blamed for being the figurehead of the rebellion, the Imperial Concubine was never directly involved with any of the rebellious movements.
The Saotomeist Supporters[]
Nagashiba no Yasuyo, Marieko's niece and one of the Fifteen Saotomes, later the consort of the Senshō Emperor.
Hironaka's faction[]
- Saotome Hironaka*
- Saotome Yukimi*
Masayu's faction[]
- Saotome Masayu*
- Matsunosato Riyako*
- Shigebuchi Hiomi*
Katsunari's faction[]
- Saotome Katsunari*
- Saotome Kazami*
Hatsuho's faction[]
- Saotome Hatsuho*
- Nagashiba Yasuyo*
- Nagashiba Nobuyasu*
Iehisa's faction[]
- Saotome Iehisa*
Hitoyuki's faction[]
- Toshii Hitoyuki*
- Toshii Shigefumi*
- Toshii Yukitada*
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