Shingen ordered Chiyojo MOCHIZUKI, who was the young widow of Moritoki MOCHIZUKI, the head of the Mochizuki clan--the local ruling family in Kitasaku County, Shinshu Province--to make the girls into kunoichi.
信玄がくノ一の養成を命じたのは信州北佐久郡の豪族望月氏当主・望月盛時の若き未亡人・望月千代女であった。