Hmmm... does this mean that an adopted relative isn't in fact considered a relative when it comes to marriages and such?
Because I've seen a lot of reference to daimyo and the like adopting their sons-in-law as heirs, but never one to a guy who was first adopted and *then* married.
Hirotada Tokugawa <
patriot014@...> wrote:
Kondo Tamako, to the best of my knowledge, survived the Bakumatsu and
married Isami's adopted son Shuuhei, who later became the headmaster of the
Tennen Rishin Ryuu.
--M.
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