, son of regent Kaneka, was a Japanese

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 un ...

(court noble) of the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

(1603–1868). He held regent positions kampaku from 1746 to 1747 and from 1755 to 1757, and sesshō from 1747 to 1755. He married an adopted daughter of

Ikeda Tsugumasa Ikeda Tsugumasa (1702–1776) (池田継政) was a ''daimyō'' of Okayama during the Edo period of Japan, and head of the Ikeda clan. He was the father of Ikeda Munemasa, who would become ''daimyō'' following his father's retirement in 1752. His ...

, third head of Okayama Domain. She gave birth to, among others,

Ichijō Teruyoshi , son of regent Michika, was a Japanese kugyō (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1791 to 1795. His wife was a daughter of the eighth head of Wakayama Domain Tokugawa Shigenori. The couple had ...

and a daughter who later became a consort of

Tokugawa Harumori Tokugawa may refer to: *Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868 *Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period **Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan ***Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), most nota ...

, sixth head of

Mito Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Hitachi Province in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture.Ichijo Kaneka * Mother: commoner * Wife: Ikeda Shizuko * Children: ** Ichijo Teruyoshi by Shizuko ** Yoshiko married

by Shizuko ** Sadako married Koga Nobumichi by Shizuko ** Priestess in

Sanbō-in is a Buddhist temple in southern Kyoto, Japan, known today primarily for the quality of its garden.Main, Alison. (2002) ''The Lure of the Japanese Garden,'' p. 27./ref> History Sanbō-in was established in the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1582– ...

by Shizuko ** 2 daughters and 4 sons died in infancy by Shizuko

References

* 1722 births 1769 deaths Fujiwara clan Ichijō family {{japan-noble-stub