Mitsue
Mitsue, also spelled Mitsuye in older transcriptions, is a Japanese given name and toponym. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.
Kanji
Kanji used to write the name Mitsue include:- Two kanji with readings [:wikt:Category:Japanese kanji read as みつ|] and [:wikt:Category:Japanese kanji read as え|]:
- * 'bright river'
- * 'bright protection'
- * 'bright wisdom'
- * 'bright and flourishing'
- * 'bright drawing'
- Two kanji with readings [:wikt:Category:Japanese kanji read as み|] and [:wikt:Category:Japanese kanji read as つえ|]:
- * 'heavenly staff'
- Three kanji with readings, [:wikt:Category:Japanese kanji read as つ|], and :
- * 'three', 'port', 'branch'
People
- Yui Mitsue, Imperial Japanese Army general during the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War
- Various people on the list of Japanese supercentenarians, including Mitsue Nagasaki and Mitsue Toyoda
- Mitsuye Yamada, Japanese-born American poet and activist
- Mitsuye Endo, plaintiff in the 1944 Japanese American internment Supreme Court case Ex parte Endo
- Mitsue Ishizu, Japanese discus and javelin thrower
- Mitsue Kondo, Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party
- Mitsue Aoki, Japanese manga artist
- Mitsue Iwakura, Japanese footballer
Places
- Mitsue, Nara, Japan
- Mitsue, locality in Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta, Canada