Miyokichi

Miyokichi
Attributes
Alias(es)	Yurie (real name)
Age	Unknown
Date of Birth (star sign)	March 31st (Aries)
Blood type	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Hobbies/Interested in	Unknown
Not good at/with	Unknown
Japanese VA	Megumi Hayashibara

Miyokichi (みよ吉 Miyokichi), real name Yurie, is a mysterious woman who originally worked as a geisha, thanks to Yakumo the 7th's help. She normally supports Yakumo the 8th (formerly Kikuhiko) by giving him encouragement and watching his rakugo performances. She also happens to be Konatsu's mother.

Appearance

She normally wears a pink kimono with a plum obi (sash) and cherry blossom designs all over it, although she has worn other kimonos. She always wears lipstick a lot and has her hair in 3 tight buns, with her purple kimono she wears flower hair decorations. She wears white socks and geta (wooden sandals).

In Western clothes, she wears her hair out in loose waves and a pale blue dress. She wears a golden clip in her hair, which matches her handbag, a black pair of shoes with small heels and a black belt.

History

She met Sukeroku and Kikuhiko on an opening day of a theatre. Yakumo introduced Kikuhiko to each other, and had met her in Manchuria. Sukeroku had met her during his time with Yakumo in the war.

After Kikuhiko's promotion to futatsume, she began to hang around him and support him while he performed.

She eventually ran away with the geisha house's money and gave birth to Konatsu in the country.

Etymology

• The name Miyokichi is written in kanji/hiragana (みよ吉), which has no special meaning except the kanji "吉" means "lucky, good". However, when part of the name Miyo (みよ) is written in kanji (美代, 美世, 実代, 未代, 三代, 美与, 美與 or 三四), it could possibly mean:
  • 美代 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
  • 美世 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "world" (世) (yo).
  • 実代 - "fruit, good result, truth" (実) (mi) and "generation" (代) (yo).
  • 未代 - "never before".
  • 三代 - "three generations".
  • 美与/美與 - "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend" (与) (yo).
  • 三四 - "three-four".

Real Name

• The name Yurie is written in katakana (ユリエ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (百合恵), it could possibly mean "lily" (百合) (yuri) and "favor, benefit" (恵) (e).

Trivia

• Miyokichi is five years older than Kikuhiko.
• It would be assumed from Miyokichi's hairclips that she was a maiko at the time she wore her flower hairpieces.