Daughter of Dousan Saito. Her mother was related to the Akechi family. When Dousan chased Yoriake Toki to Owari (the area surrounding Nagoya) and took control of Mino (a province neighboring Owari), Nobuhide Oda's forces retreated, but in order to maintain the peace, Dousan gave his daughter, Nouhime, in marriage to Nobuhide's son, Nobunaga.