, son of regent Nobuhiro, 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 un ...

'' or Japanese 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 a regent position kampaku from 1651 to 1653. His mother was not recorded. His sister was the consort of

Tokugawa Mitsukuni , also known as , was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa (who in turn was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu) and succeeded him, becoming the seco ...

, the daimyō of

Mito Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Hitachi Province in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture.Emperor Go-Yōzei was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period ...

. His consort was Second Princess (Onna-ni-no-miya), the third daughter of

Emperor Go-Mizunoo was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign spanned the years from 1611 through 1629, and was the first emperor to reign entirely during the Edo period. This 17th-century sovereign was n ...

, thus a cousin of Hisatsugu. With her he had a daughter who was the consort of

Fushimi-no-miya The is the oldest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out. The Fushimi-no-miya was founded by Prince Yoshihito, th ...

Prince Sadayuki ( 伏見宮貞致親王). With a servant he had a son, Motohiro.

Family

Parents *Father:

Konoe Nobuhiro , Ōzan (応山) as a monk, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He was born the fourth son of Emperor Go-Yōzei. His mother was Empress Dowager Chūka, or Konoe Sakiko by birth. Nobuhiro was adopted by Konoe ...

(近衛信尋, 24 June 1599– 15 November 1649) *Mother: Court lady (家女房) Consorts and issues: *Wife: Second Princess (女二宮, Onna-ni-no-miya, 1625–1651), daughter of

**Lady Yoshikun (好君), Wife of Prince Sadayuki, first daughter *Wife: Lady Yorin-in (瑤林院), a court lady **

Konoe Motohiro , Tajimaru (多治丸) in his childhood, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1690 to 1703. Early life He was a son of regent Konoe Hisatsugu and a concubine. Motohiro ...

(近衛基熈, 28 April 1648 – 13 October 1722), first son

References

* 1622 births 1653 deaths Fujiwara clan Konoe family {{japan-noble-stub