Kushihashi Teru
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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kushihashi.
Teruhime or Kushihashi Teru (櫛橋 光, 1553 – October 5, 1627) was a Japanese noblewoman and aristocrat of the Sengoku period, who was the only wife of daimyo Kuroda Yoshitaka. Although her husband and son Nagamasa were once Kirishitan (Christian), Teruhime was a devoted to Pure Land Buddhism.