まんが人物伝　エリザベス・ブラックウェル 大谷　智子　監修 ｵｵﾀﾆﾄﾓｺ KADOKAWA :9784041110225

**キャッチコピー**
皇族から仏教婦人家長へ　歴史的変貌を刻む女性
**紹介文**
旧宮家の大久保氏の女房で、元伯爵大谷光暢夫人の智子は東本願寺第24世法主の妻であり、日本の元皇族。1918年に長姉の良子女王が裕仁親王妃と定められたため、それに伴って教育を受けるようになる。しかし、婚約を巡る宮中事件を経て、12歳で京都へ移り、大谷光暢伯爵夫人の智子は東本願寺の「お裏方」となる。大谷派婦人法話会の会長として女性像を説き、現代では批判もあるものの、その内容は時代の制約から良妻賢母像を求めるものであった。1938年には光暢が華北・華中慰問に訪れると同時、智子は彼と共に同地を訪問し、日華婦人会結成記念大会を開催した。
また、大谷家と改革派の主導する真宗大谷派内局との紛争（お東騒動）においては、一貫して四男の大谷暢道（後の光道）を支持し、この紛争に大きく影響を与えた。その他にも、中国の北京に女子学校を開校するなど、多くの活動を行い、日本と中国との提携を推進した。
**Q&A**
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：皇族から仏教婦人家長への変貌
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：『覚生女子中』　中国の北京に開校した日本人の女学校。日華提携で大きく評価されていたが、日本敗戦後に廃校となった。
English Summary
**Catchphrase**
From a member of the imperial family to a Buddhist female head of a household: A woman who marked a historic transformation
**Introduction**
Tomoko, wife of the Okubo clan of the former imperial family and former wife of Count Mitsunobu Otani, is the wife of the 24th head priest of Higashi Honganji Temple and a former member of the Japanese imperial family. In 1918, her eldest sister, Queen Yoshiko, was designated as Imperial Princess Hirohito, and she began to receive an education accordingly. However, after an incident in the imperial court over their engagement, she moved to Kyoto at the age of 12, and Countess Mitsunobu Otani, Tomoko, became a ``behind the scenes'' at Higashi Honganji Temple. As the president of the Otani School Women's Sermon Association, she preached about the image of women, and although she has been criticized in modern times, her message was to seek the image of a good wife and wise mother due to the constraints of the times. In 1938, when Mitsunobu visited North China and China, Tomoko visited the area with him and held a convention to commemorate the formation of the Japan-China Women's Association.
In addition, during the conflict between the Otani family and the Shinshu Otani faction internal affairs led by reformists (the Oto Incident), he consistently supported his fourth son, Nobuchi Otani (later Mitsumichi), and had a great influence on this conflict. In addition, he conducted many other activities, such as opening a girls' school in Beijing, China, and promoted cooperation between Japan and China.
**Q&A**
Q: What did you do?
Transformation from imperial family to Buddhist female head of household
Q: What are your famous works?
"Kakusei Girls' Junior High School" is a Japanese girls' school opened in Beijing, China. The school was highly praised for its cooperation with China, but it was closed after Japan's defeat in the war.
Wikipedia:大谷智子