Ii Naotora (井伊 直虎, d. 12 September 1582) was a daimyō of the Sengoku period and head of the Ii clan, a feudal samurai clan of medieval Japan. There are two theories regarding Naotora's identity: The classical theory from Edo period stated Naotora was Jirō Hōshi daughter of Ii Naomori, the eighteenth head of their clan. She was primarily the head of Ii clan and retainer of the Imagawa clan, and because of her efforts, Ii Naotora became a daimyō and received the nickname "Female Landlord" (女地頭). There is only one contemporaneous document related to the person named "Ii Naotora" (井伊直虎) that she is believed to be the same person as Jirō Hōshi (次郎法師), the daughter of Ii Naomori (井伊直盛), who became the head of the Ii family despite being a woman. This theory is based on the "Ii Family Chronicle" (井伊家伝記), written in the mid-Edo period in 1730 (Kyōhō 15). It is said that Jirō Hoshi was engaged to Ii Naochika (井伊直親) but remained unmarried throughout her life and was the foster mother of Naochika's orphaned child, Ii Naomasa (井伊直政), who later became one of Tokugawa's Four Heavenly Kings.[4] The second theory was that Ii Naotora was actually a son of an Imagawa clan retainer named Sekiguchi Ujitsune. According to this theory, the son of Ujitsune became temporary head of the Ii clan until Ii Naomasa, the son of Ii Naochika, reached adulthood and could inherit the position.[2][3]
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