, also known as Ichijō Kanera, was the son of regent Tsunetsugu. He was a ''

kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank und ...

'' or Japanese court noble of the

Muromachi period The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (''Muromachi bakufu'' or ''Ashikaga bakufu''), which was officially established in 1338 by ...

(1336–1573). He held regent positions sesshō in 1432, and kampaku from 1447 to 1453 and from 1467 to 1470. Norifusa and Fuyuyoshi were his sons. One of his daughters, , married Takatsukasa Masahira. Before the

Ōnin War The , also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan. '' Ōnin'' refers to the Japanese era during which the war started; the war ended during the Bu ...

, he "enjoyed universal respect for his scholarship, had a large and distinguished family, and owned perhaps the finest library of the time". Kaneyoshi fled to Nara, where his son was the abbot of the Kofuku-ji monastery. He remained there for ten years before returning to the capital. In 1478 (''Bunmei 10''), Kanera published ''Bummei ittō-ki'' (''On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture'') which deals with

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and six points about the duties of a prince.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kōshō''" i
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Family

* Father:

Ichijō Tsunetsugu , son of Nijō Yoshimoto and adopted son of regent Tsunemichi, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance ...

* Mother: Hisashiboji Hidenaga's daughter * Wives ** Nakamikado Nobutoshi's daughter (1405–1473) ** Servant (name unknown) ** Minamoto Yasutoshi's daughter ** Minami no Kata (1443-1490) * Children: **

Ichijō Norifusa , son of regent Kaneyoshi, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). He held a regent position kampaku from 1458 to 1463. In 1475 to escape unrest in Kyoto he moved to Tosa Province was a province of Ja ...

by Nakamikado Nobutoshi's daughter ** Ichijō Fuyuyoshi by Minami no Kata ** Ichijō Keishi married Takatsukasa Masahira by Minamoto Yasutoshi's daughter

Notes

References

* Keene, Donald. (2003). ''Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan.'' New York:

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. * Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:

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