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 mitsu and e:
 * 'bright river'
 * 'bright protection'
 * 'bright wisdom'
 * 'bright and flourishing'
 * 'bright drawing'
 * Two kanji with readings mi and tsue:
 * 'heavenly staff'
 * Three kanji with readings mi, tsu, and e:
 * 'three', 'port', 'branch'

People

 * Yui Mitsue (由比 光衛), 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 (1899–2013) and Mitsue Toyoda (1902–2016)
 * Mitsuye Yamada (born 1923), Japanese-born American poet and activist
 * Mitsuye Endo (1920–2006), plaintiff in the 1944 Japanese American internment Supreme Court case Ex parte Endo
 * Mitsue Ishizu (石津 光恵), Japanese discus and javelin thrower
 * Mitsue Kondo (近藤 三津枝), Japanese politician with the Liberal Democratic Party
 * Mitsue Aoki (青木 光恵), Japanese manga artist
 * Mitsue Iwakura (岩倉 三恵), Japanese footballer

Places

 * Mitsue, Nara (御杖村), Japan
 * Mitsue, locality in Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Alberta, Canada