, , or : 1573 – September 15, 1626) was a prominently-placed female figure in the
Azuchi–Momoyama period
The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600.
After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nobuna ...
and early
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 ...
. She was daughter of
Oichi and the sister of
Yodo-dono and
Ohatsu. When she rose to higher political status during the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
, she took the title of "''
Ōmidaidokoro''". Following the fall of the
Council of Five Elders
The Council of Five Elders (Japanese: :jp:五大老, 五大老, ''Go-Tairō'') was a group of five powerful feudal lords (Japanese: 大名, ''Daimyō'') formed in 1598 by the Regent (Japanese: 太閤 ''Sesshō and Kampaku, Taikō'') Toyotomi Hideyo ...
, Oeyo and her sisters were key figures in maintaining a diplomatic relationship between the two most powerful clans of their time,
Toyotomi
The was a Japanese clan that ruled over the Japanese people, Japanese before the Edo period.
Unity and conflict
The most influential figure within the Toyotomi was Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the three "unifiers of Japan". Oda Nobunaga was a ...
and
Tokugawa. Due to her great contributions to politics at the beginning 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 ...
she was posthumously inducted into the
Junior First Rank of the Imperial Court, the second highest honor that could be conferred by the
Emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...
.
Oeyo married three times, first to
Saji Kazunari, her cousin, then to
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
's nephew,
Toyotomi Hidekatsu. She had a daughter with Hidekatsu named Toyotomi Sadako later married
Kujō Yukiie. Her third and last husband
Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
became the second
Tokugawa ''shōgun''. She was also the mother of his successor
Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...
, the third ''shōgun''. She had
Senhime,
Tamahime,
Katsuhime, Hatsuhime, Takechiyo (Iemitsu), and Tadanaga. Hatsuhime was adopted by Oeyo's sister Ohatsu, who is the wife of
Kyōgoku Takatsugu.
Surviving record books from merchants of luxury goods provide insight into patterns of patronage and taste amongst the privileged class of women like Oeyo and her sisters.
Genealogy
Oeyo, also known as Ogō, was the third and youngest daughter of the
Sengoku-period ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
''
Azai Nagamasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period known as the brother-in-law and enemy of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was head of the Azai clan seated at Odani Castle in northern Ōmi Province and married Nobunaga's sister Oichi in 1564, fathering h ...
. Her mother,
Oichi was the younger sister of
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
.
[ "The silk coloured portrait of wife of Takatsugu Kyogoku,"](_blank)
Digital Cultural Properties of Wakasa Obama
, Gifu prefecture website. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
became the adoptive father and protector of Oeyo in the period before her marriage.
[Wilson, Richard L. (1985)]
''Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743),'' p. 40.
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Oeyo's oldest sister, styled Yodo-dono, Cha-Cha in birth name, was a prominent concubine of Hideyoshi who gave birth to his heir, Toyotomi Hideyori.
Oeyo's middle sister, Ohatsu was the wife of Kyōgoku Takatsugu and the mother of Kyōgoku Tadataka
was a Japanese noble and the ''daimyō'' and head of the of Japan during the Tokugawan power grab of the early 17th century.
Life
His Childhood name was Kumamaro (熊麿). Kyōgoku Tadataka was a member and head of the powerful Kyōgoku cla ...
.
Family
* Father: Azai Nagamasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period known as the brother-in-law and enemy of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was head of the Azai clan seated at Odani Castle in northern Ōmi Province and married Nobunaga's sister Oichi in 1564, fathering h ...
(1545-1573)
* Mother: Oichi (1547-1583)
* Step-Father: Shibata Katsuie (1522-1583)
* Foster Father: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
(1537-1598)
* Husbands:
** Saji Kazunari (m. 1583 div. 1584)
** Toyotomi Hidekatsu (m. 1591–1592)
** Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
(m. 1595)
* Children:
by Hidekatsu
* Toyotomi Sadako (1592–1658), adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
and Yodo-dono later married Kujō Yukiie and later adopted by Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
by Hidetada
* Senhime (1597-1666)
* Tamahime (1599-1622)
* Katsuhime
* Hatsuhime
* Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...
(1604-1651)
* Tokugawa Tadanaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. The son of the second ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Hidetada, his elder brother was the third ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Life
Often called ''Suruga Dainagon'' (the major counsellor of Suruga), ...
(1606-1634)
* Tokugawa Masako
, also known as Kazu-ko, was the
Empress consort of Japan as wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. She was a prominent and influential figure the Imperial-shogunate ties and relations, because of her collaboration with her parents Oeyo and Tokugawa Hidetad ...
(1607-1678)
Timeline
*1573: Born
*1573: Azai Nagamasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period known as the brother-in-law and enemy of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasa was head of the Azai clan seated at Odani Castle in northern Ōmi Province and married Nobunaga's sister Oichi in 1564, fathering h ...
and Manpukumaru committed suicide, Oichi and her daughters returned to Oda clan
The is a Japanese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, several ...
.
*1579: Moved to Azuchi Castle from Ise-Ueno Castle
*1582: Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
was betrayed
*1582: Oichi married to Shibata Katsuie
*1583: Shibata Katsuie and Oichi committed suicide
*1583: Married Saji Kazunari
*1584: Divorced with Saji Kazunari
*1587: Ohatsu married Kyōgoku Takatsugu
*1589: Yodo-dono gave birth to Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
*1591: Yodo-dono's son, Toyotomi Tsurumatsu died
*1591: Married with Toyotomi Hidekatsu and moved to Jurakudai
The Jurakudai or Jurakutei () was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan. Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of , and required nineteen months to complete. Its total area was almost equa ...
*1592: Toyotomi Hidekatsu died
*1592: Gave birth to Toyotomi Sadako
*1593: Yodo-dono gave birth to Toyotomi Hideyori
*1595: Toyotomi Hidetsugu committed suicide and Jurakudai
The Jurakudai or Jurakutei () was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan. Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of , and required nineteen months to complete. Its total area was almost equa ...
was dismantled
*1595: Married Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
.
*1597: May 26: Gave birth to Sen-hime
*1599: Aug. 1: Gave birth to Tama-hime (died 9 August 1622)
*1601: June 12: Gave birth to Katsu-hime (died 20 March 1672)
*1601: Tamahime married Maeda Toshitsune
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was ...
*1602: Aug. 25: Gave birth to Hatsu-hime (died 16 April 1630)
*1603: Senhime married to Toyotomi Hideyori
*1603: June 3: Toyotomi Sadako married Kujō Yukiie
*1604: Aug. 12: Gave birth to Iemitsu
*1605: Hidetada becomes shogun
*1606: June 12: Gave birth to Tadanaga
*1607: Nov. 23: Gave birth to Matsu-hime Tokugawa Masako
, also known as Kazu-ko, was the
Empress consort of Japan as wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. She was a prominent and influential figure the Imperial-shogunate ties and relations, because of her collaboration with her parents Oeyo and Tokugawa Hidetad ...
*1607: Sadahime gave birth to Nijō Yasumichi
*1607: Hatsu-hime married Kyōgoku Tadataka
was a Japanese noble and the ''daimyō'' and head of the of Japan during the Tokugawan power grab of the early 17th century.
Life
His Childhood name was Kumamaro (熊麿). Kyōgoku Tadataka was a member and head of the powerful Kyōgoku cla ...
*1609: Sadahime gave birth to Kujō Michifusa
*1611: Katsuhime married Matsudaira Tadanao
*1613: Tamahime give birth to Kametsuru-hime
*1615: Toyotomi Hideyori and his mother Yodo-dono committed suicide, Osaka Castle burned and Senhime returned to Tokugawa Family
The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...
.
*1615: Sadahime gave birth to Matsudono Michimoto
*1615: Tamahime gave birth to Maeda Mitsutaka
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 4th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. His courtesy titles were ''Chikuzen-no-kami'' and ''Sakonoe-shosho ...
*1616: Tamahime gave birth to Eihime
*1616: Senhime married to Honda Tadatoki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga.
In 1616, Tadatoki married Senhime, another granddaughter of ...
*1616: Katsuhime gave birth to Matsudaira Mitsunaga
*1617: Tamahime's daughter, Eihime died
*1617: Tamahime gave birth to Maeda Toshitsugu
was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda cla ...
*1617: Katsuhime gave birth to Kamehime
*1618: Senhime gave birth to (Honda) Katsuhime
*1618: Tamahime gave birth to Maeda Toshiharu
*1618: (Tokugawa) Katsuhime gave birth to Tsuruhime
*1619: Senhime gave birth to Kochiyo
*1619: Tamahime gave birth to Mitsuhime
*1620: Masako married Emperor Go-Mizunoo
*1621: Senhime's son, Kochiyo died
*1621: Tamahime gave birth to Tomihime
*1622: Katsuhime divorced Matsudaira Tadanao and went back to Tokugawa clan
The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...
with her children.
*1622: Tamahime gave birth to Natsuhime and died during childbirth
*1623: daughter of Tamahime, Natsuhime died
*1623: Iemitsu becomes shogun
*1623: Iemitsu married Takaatsukasa Takako
*1624: Tokugawa Masako
, also known as Kazu-ko, was the
Empress consort of Japan as wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. She was a prominent and influential figure the Imperial-shogunate ties and relations, because of her collaboration with her parents Oeyo and Tokugawa Hidetad ...
gave birth to Empress Meishō
was the 109th monarch of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')明正天皇 (108)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 115. Her reign lasted from 1629 ...
*1625: Masako gave birth to Onna-ni-no-Miya
*1626: Honda Tadatoki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga.
In 1616, Tadatoki married Senhime, another granddaughter of ...
died, Senhime went back to Tokugawa Family
The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...
with her daughter
*1626: Died while Hidetada and Iemitsu were in Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
*1626: Received the posthumous court rank of Jūichi-i
Burial
After Hidetada resigned the government to his eldest son in 1623, Oeyo took a Buddhist name, or Sogenin. Her mausoleum can be found at Zōjō-ji in the Shiba neighborhood of Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
.
Honours
*Junior First Rank
The court ranks of Japan, also known in Japanese as ''ikai'' (位階), are indications of an individual's court rank in Japan based on the system of the state. ''Ikai'' as a system was originally used in the Ritsuryo system, which was the politi ...
(November 28, 1626; posthumous)
Taiga drama
NHK's 2011 Taiga drama, '' Gō: Himetachi no Sengoku'', is based on the life of Oeyo who is played by the actress Juri Ueno
is a Japanese actress. She first gained recognition in the 2005 film ''Swing Girls'' where she was a recipient of Newcomer of the Year prize at the Japanese Academy Awards. Ueno achieved mainstream success for playing the titular role in the live ...
.J-Dorama
Notable Descendants
Together with
Odai no Kata (Ieyasu's mother) and
Lady Saigo (mother of Hidetada), Oeyo was the matriarch who stabilized the Tokugawa shogunate. Her descendants became
shogun
, officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...
s,
aristocrats and other prominent political figures. It is speculated that her son,
Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...
, was the last direct male descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu, thus ending the
patrilineality
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...
of the shogunate for the third generation.
* Toyotomi Sadako
** Matsudono Michiaki (1616–1646)
**
Nijō Yasumichi
***
Nijō Mitsuhira
, son of Nijō Yasumichi, was a Japanese ''kugyō'' (court noble) of the early Edo period. He held regent positions kampaku from 1653 to 1663 and sesshō from 1663 to 1664. Nijō Tsunahira was his adopted son. With Imperial Fifth Princess Yoshiko ...
**
Kujō Michifusa
*** a daughter married
Kujō Kaneharu
, son of Takatsukasa Norihira and adopted son of regent Michifusa, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). Unlike other members of the family, he did not hold regent positions kampaku and sesshō. He married a ...
****
Kujō Sukezane
, son of Kaneharu, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held regent positions sesshō from 1712 to 1716 and kampaku from 1716 to 1722. He married a daughter of Emperor Go-Sai; the couple had three sons, M ...
*****
Kujō Morotaka
***** Zuisho-in married
Tokugawa Yoshimichi
was ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain during early-Edo period Japan.
Biography
Tokugawa Yoshimichi was the 10th son of the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Tsunanari by a concubine, Hōju-in, who was believed to have been a commoner. His chi ...
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Tokugawa Gorōta
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain.
Biography
Tokugawa Gorōta was the eldest son of the 4th ''daimyō'' of the Owari Domain, Tokugawa Yoshimichi, by his official wife, Zuishō-in, the daughter of the court ...
*****
Kujō Yukinori
, son of Sukezane and adopted son of his brother Morotaka, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a daughter of Tokugawa Yoshimichi (fourth head of Owari Domain) and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Tsu ...
******
Kujō Tanemoto
, son of Yukinori with Tokugawa Senhime (1706-1757), was a ''kugyō'' 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 th ...
*****
Kujō Naozane , son of regent Sukezane and adopted son of his nephew Tanemoto, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). Michisaki was his son. He held court positions as follows:
* Kampaku (1778–1779)
* Sesshō (1779–178 ...
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Kujō Michisaki
, son of regent Naozane, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married Kyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Munekatsu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Takasu Domain and then the Ow ...
*******
Kujō Sukeie
, son of regent Michisaki with Tokugawa Kyohime, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He adopted a son of Nijō Harutaka {{Infobox officeholder
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Nijō Munemoto
, son of Kujō Yukinori and adopted son of Nijō Munehira, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka {{Infobox officeholder
, name = Nijō Harutaka
, image ...
******* Nijō Shigeyori (1751–1768)
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Nijō Harutaka
******** Nijō Narimichi (1781–1798)
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Kujō Suketsugu
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******** a daughter married
Tokugawa Nariatsu
was a Japanese samurai who was the third head of the Hitotsubashi branch of the Tokugawa family. His childhood name was Konosuke (好之助). Family
* Father: Tokugawa Harusada (1751-1827)
* Mother: Otomi no Kata (d.1817)
* Wife: Ichijo Yasuko
* ...
******** a daughter married Matsudaira Yoritsugu of
Hitachi-Fuchū Domain
********
Kujō Hisatada
*********
Kujō Asako () to
Emperor Kōmei
********** Imperial Princess Junko Naishinnō
********** Imperial Princess Fuku
*********
Michitaka
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Matsuzono Hisayoshi
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Tsurudono Tadayoshi
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Takatsukasa Hiromichi
, son of Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of Takatsukasa Sukehiro, was a kazoku Duke of the Meiji period who served in Imperial Japanese Army. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons.
Family
His son was Toshimichi Takatsukasa (d. 1966), who was marr ...
**********
Nobusuke Takatsukasa
Duke , son of Takatsukasa Hiromichi, Hiromichi, was a Japanese nobleman and politician of the Meiji period (1868–1912) who served as a member of House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Takatsukasa Nobuhiro was his brother, a ...
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Toshimichi Takatsukasa
, son of Duke Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of trains. He was a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao and consequently was born into an aristocratic family, but, like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 194 ...
********** Takatsukasa Nobuhiro (1892–1981)
*********
Nijō Motohiro
Prince , was a Japanese nobleman who served the Meiji government as a court official and member of House of Peers.
Biography
Nijō Motohiro was born in Kyoto as the eighth son of Kujō Hisatada. He was adopted by Nijō Narinobu, another of the ...
**********
Nijō Atsumoto
, son of Nijō Motohiro, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period (1868–1912). He adopted Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of P ...
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Nijō Narinobu
, son of Nijō Harutaka, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a Tokugawa Juko (1796-1844), daughter of the seventh head of Mito Domain Tokugawa Harutoshi
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo per ...
*********
Nijō Nariyuki
was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the late Edo period and the early Meiji period. He was the last '' kampaku'' regent in Japanese history and the last ''sesshō'' as a subject. He was the 26th head of the Nijō family.
Life
Nijō Na ...
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Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of ...
*********** Nijō Toyomoto (1909–1944)
*********** Nijō Tamemoto (1911–1985)
******** Nijō Suiko married
Nabeshima Naotomo
was a Japanese ''daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were su ...
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Nabeshima Naotada
Viscount was the 9th and final ''daimyō'' of Hasunoike Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan (modern-day Saga Prefecture). Before the Meiji Restoration, his courtesy titles were title of '' Kai no Kami'' and junior 5th, lower grade court ...
*
Tokugawa Masako
, also known as Kazu-ko, was the
Empress consort of Japan as wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. She was a prominent and influential figure the Imperial-shogunate ties and relations, because of her collaboration with her parents Oeyo and Tokugawa Hidetad ...
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Emperor Go-Mizunoo
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Empress Meishō
was the 109th monarch of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')明正天皇 (108)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 115. Her reign lasted from 1629 ...
** Imperial Prince Takahito Shinno (1626–1628)
** Imperial Princess On'nani no Miya Naishinno (1625–1651)
** Wakamiya
** Kikumiya
** Imperial Princess Akiko no Miya Naishinno (1629–1675)
** Imperial Princess Noriko no Miya Naishinno (1632–1696)
* Katsuhime, married
Matsudaira Tadanao
** Matsudaira Mitsunaga (1616–1707) of
Takada Domain
, was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in Echigo Province, in the Hokuriku region of Honshū. The domain was centered at Takada Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Jōetsu in Niig ...
*** Matsudaira Tsunakata (1633–1674)
** Kamehime (1617–1681) married Takamatsu no Miya Yoshihito-Shinno, son of
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 ...
** Tsuruhime (1618–1671) married
Kujō Michifusa
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Asano Tsunaakira
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain.
Two of his consorts were daughters of the court noble and regent Kujō Michifusa. His childhood name was Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father: Asano Mitsuakira
* Mother: Mae ...
*** Fifth daughter married
Asano Tsunaakira
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain.
Two of his consorts were daughters of the court noble and regent Kujō Michifusa. His childhood name was Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father: Asano Mitsuakira
* Mother: Mae ...
*** First daughter married
Kujō Kaneharu
, son of Takatsukasa Norihira and adopted son of regent Michifusa, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). Unlike other members of the family, he did not hold regent positions kampaku and sesshō. He married a ...
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Kujō Sukezane
, son of Kaneharu, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held regent positions sesshō from 1712 to 1716 and kampaku from 1716 to 1722. He married a daughter of Emperor Go-Sai; the couple had three sons, M ...
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Tokugawa Yoshimichi
was ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain during early-Edo period Japan.
Biography
Tokugawa Yoshimichi was the 10th son of the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Tsunanari by a concubine, Hōju-in, who was believed to have been a commoner. His chi ...
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Tokugawa Gorota
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 ...
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Kujō Morotaka
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Kujō Yukinori
, son of Sukezane and adopted son of his brother Morotaka, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a daughter of Tokugawa Yoshimichi (fourth head of Owari Domain) and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Tsu ...
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Kujō Tanemoto
, son of Yukinori with Tokugawa Senhime (1706-1757), was a ''kugyō'' 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 th ...
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Nijō Munemoto
, son of Kujō Yukinori and adopted son of Nijō Munehira, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka {{Infobox officeholder
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******* Nijō Shigeyori (1751–1768)
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Nijō Harutaka
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Kujō Hisatada
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********* Tsurudono Tadayoshi
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Takatsukasa Hiromichi
, son of Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of Takatsukasa Sukehiro, was a kazoku Duke of the Meiji period who served in Imperial Japanese Army. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons.
Family
His son was Toshimichi Takatsukasa (d. 1966), who was marr ...
********** Takatsukasa Nobuhiro
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Nobusuke Takatsukasa
Duke , son of Takatsukasa Hiromichi, Hiromichi, was a Japanese nobleman and politician of the Meiji period (1868–1912) who served as a member of House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Takatsukasa Nobuhiro was his brother, a ...
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Toshimichi Takatsukasa
, son of Duke Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of trains. He was a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao and consequently was born into an aristocratic family, but, like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 194 ...
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Nijō Motohiro
Prince , was a Japanese nobleman who served the Meiji government as a court official and member of House of Peers.
Biography
Nijō Motohiro was born in Kyoto as the eighth son of Kujō Hisatada. He was adopted by Nijō Narinobu, another of the ...
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Nijō Atsumoto
, son of Nijō Motohiro, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period (1868–1912). He adopted Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of P ...
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Empress Eishō
********** Imperial Princess Junko Nai-shinno
********** Imperial Princess Fuko
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Kujo Michitaka
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Empress Teimei
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Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). He became heir to the Takamatsu-no-miya (formerly Arisugawa-no-miya), one of the four ''shinnōke'' or branches of ...
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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
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Takahito, Prince Mikasa
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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito, and was formerly sixth in the line of succession to the Japanese throne and the ...
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Princess Yoko of Mikasa
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Princess Akiko of Mikasa
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko).
Biography
Education
Princess Akiko graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo with a bachelor's degree ...
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Princess Yasuko of Mikasa
************* Tadahiro Konoe (b. 1970)
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Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the second son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito of Japan, Emperor Akihito. Originally known as Prince Yoshihito of Mikasa, he receive ...
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Norihito, Prince Takamado
was a Japanese member of the Imperial House of Japan and the third son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito, and was seventh in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the time of his death. ...
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Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest daughter of Norihito, Prince Takamado, and Hisako, Princess Takamado.
Biography
Princess Tsuguko was born on 8 March 1986 at Aiiku Hospital in Minami-Azabu, Tokyo. She graduated from th ...
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Princess Noriko of Takamado
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Princess Ayako of Takamado
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Princess Masako of Mikasa
************* Akifumi Sen
************* Makiko Sen
************* Takafumi Sen
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Hirohito, Emperor Showa
Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
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Akihito, Emperor of Japan
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Sayako, Princess Nori
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Fumihito, Prince Akishino
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Princess Mako of Akishino
, formerly , is a former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. ...
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Princess Kako of Akishino
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Prince Hisahito of Akishino
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Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
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Aiko, Princess Toshi
is a member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan.
Birth
Princess Aiko was born on 1 December 2001 at 2:43 PM in the Imperial Household Agency Hospital in Tokyo Imperial Pala ...
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Takako, Princess Suga
************* Yoshihisa Shimazu (b. 1962)
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Masahito, Prince Hitachi
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Atsuko, Princess Yori
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Kazuko, Princess Taka
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Sachiko, Princess Hisa
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Shigeko, Princess Teru
************* Mibu Motohiro (b. 1949)
************* Princess Fumiko of Higashikuni (b. 1946)
************* Princess Yuko of Higashikuni (b. 1954)
************* Prince Naohiko Higashikuni
************** Prince Teruhiko Higashikuni
************** Prince Mutsuhiko Higashikuni
************* Prince Nobuhiko Higashikuni (b. 1945)
************** Prince Yukihiko Higashikuni (b. 1974)
******** Nijō Narimichi (1781–1798)
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Kujō Suketsugu
{{family name hatnote, Kujō, lang=Japanese
{{nihongo, Kujō Suketsugu, 九条 輔嗣, extra=October 28, 1784 – March 6, 1807, son of Nijō Harutaka with Tokugawa Yoshihime (daughter of Tokugawa Munemoto) and adopted son of Kujō Sukeie, was ...
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Nabeshima Naotomo
was a Japanese ''daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were su ...
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Nabeshima Naotada
Viscount was the 9th and final ''daimyō'' of Hasunoike Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan (modern-day Saga Prefecture). Before the Meiji Restoration, his courtesy titles were title of '' Kai no Kami'' and junior 5th, lower grade court ...
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Nijō Narinobu
, son of Nijō Harutaka, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a Tokugawa Juko (1796-1844), daughter of the seventh head of Mito Domain Tokugawa Harutoshi
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo per ...
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Nijō Nariyuki
was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the late Edo period and the early Meiji period. He was the last '' kampaku'' regent in Japanese history and the last ''sesshō'' as a subject. He was the 26th head of the Nijō family.
Life
Nijō Na ...
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Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of ...
*********** Nijo Toyomoto (1909–1944)
*********** Nijo Tamemoto (1911–1985)
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Kujō Naozane , son of regent Sukezane and adopted son of his nephew Tanemoto, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). Michisaki was his son. He held court positions as follows:
* Kampaku (1778–1779)
* Sesshō (1779–178 ...
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Kujō Michisaki
, son of regent Naozane, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married Kyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Munekatsu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Takasu Domain and then the Ow ...
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Kujō Sukeie
, son of regent Michisaki with Tokugawa Kyohime, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He adopted a son of Nijō Harutaka {{Infobox officeholder
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Senhime – Daughter, married
Toyotomi Hideyori and later married
Honda Tadatoki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Tadatoki was born as the eldest son of Honda Tadamasa. His mother Kumahime was a granddaughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga.
In 1616, Tadatoki married Senhime, another granddaughter of ...
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Kochiyo (1619–1621)
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Katsuhime (1618–1678) married
Ikeda Mitsumasa
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Ichijō Norisuke
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Ichijō Kaneteru
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Ikeda Tsunamasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period. He was the head of the Okayama Domain.Edmond_Papinot.html" ;"title="DF_18_of_80/nowiki>_retrieved_2013-4-25.
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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 ...
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Ikeda Munemasa
Ikeda Munemasa (池田宗政) (June 1727 - March 10, 1764) was a ''daimyō'' of Iyo Province in the Edo period of Japan. He was the 4th Lord of the Okayama Domain_and_head_of_the_Ikeda_clan.html" ;"title="DF_18_of_80/nowiki>_retrieved_2013-4-25.
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******* Ikeda Narimasa (1779–1833)
****** Sagara Nagahiro (1752–1813)
******* Sagara Yorinori (1774–1856)
******** Sagara Yoriyuki (1798–1850)
********* Ikeda Akimasa (1836–1903)
********** Ikeda Narimasa (1865–1909)
*********** Ikeda Tadamasa (1895–1902)
*********** Ikeda Nobumasa (1904–1988)
************ Ikeda Takamasa (1926–2012) married
Atsuko Ikeda
, formerly , is the fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. As such, she is the older sister of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She married Takamasa Ikeda on 10 October 1952. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Ja ...
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Maeda Toshitsune
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 3rd hereditary chieftain of the Maeda clan. Toshitsune was a brother of Maeda Toshinaga and a son of Maeda Toshiie. He was ...
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Maeda Toshitsugu
was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Etchū Province (modern-day Toyama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toyama Castle in what is now the city of Toyama. Throughout its history, it was ruled by a cadet branch of the Maeda cla ...
*** Maeda Masatoshi (1649–1706)
** Manhime (1618–1700) married
Asano Mitsuakira
Asano Mitsuakira (September 11, 1617 – May 27, 1693) was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as ''daimyō'' of the Hiroshima Domain from 1632 to 1672. His childhood name was Ichimatsu () and later become Iwamatsu ().
Family
* ...
*** Asano Naganao (1644–1666)
*** Asano Nagateru (1652–1702)
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Asano Tsunaakira
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain.
Two of his consorts were daughters of the court noble and regent Kujō Michifusa. His childhood name was Iwamatsu ().
Family
* Father: Asano Mitsuakira
* Mother: Mae ...
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Asano Tsunanaga
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Asano Yoshinaga
was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. His father served as one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' in the late Azuchi–Momoyama period.
Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of Ōmi Province, in ...
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Asano Munetsune
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Asano Shigeakira
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Asano Narikata
Asano Narikata (November 5, 1773 – January 4, 1831) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Jinnosuke (時之丞) later Zenjirō (善次郎).
Family
* Father: Asano Shigeakira
* Mother ...
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Asano Naritaka
Asano Naritaka (November 7, 1817 – February 5, 1868) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Katsukichi (勝吉) later Nagataka (長粛).
Family
* Father: Asano Narikata
* Wife: Tokugawa S ...
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Asano Yoshiteru
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Sadakichi (定吉) later become Sadanosuke (定之丞) later become Zenjirō (善次郎).
Family
* Father: Asano Naritaka
* Wife: Tokugawa Toshi ...
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Asano Nagamichi
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled Hiroshima Domain. His childhood name was Sennosuke (), later Tamegorō ().
Family
* Father: Asano Nagatomo
* Wife: Shunhime, daughter of Asano Nagakane
* Adopted Sons:
** Asano Nagakoto
** A ...
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Asano Nagayuki
Asano Nagayuki (June 27, 1864 – April 23, 1947) was the 28th family head of the Asano clan, which ruled over Hiroshima Domain before 1871.
He was cousin of the last feudal lord (''daimyō'') of Hiroshima Domain Asano Nagakoto, and succeeded hi ...
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Asano Nagatake
Asano Nagatake (May 7, 1895 – January 3, 1969) was the 29th family head of the Asano clan, which ruled over Hiroshima Domain before 1871.
Family
* Father: Asano Nagayuki
* Wives:
** Princess Fushimi no Miya Yasuko (1898–1919), daughter of Pri ...
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Asano Nagayoshi
Asano Nagayoshi (1927–2007) was the 30th family head of the Asano clan, which ruled over Hiroshima Domain before 1871.
Early life
Asano's parents were Asano Nagatake and Princess Yamashina no miya Yasuko, daughter of Prince Yamashina Kikumar ...
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Asano Nagakoto
Marquis was a ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese ''daimyō'' ( Hayashi Tadataka and Wak ...
* Komatsuruhime (1613–1630) married Mōri Tadahiro
* Tomi-hime (1621–1662)
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Maeda Mitsutaka
was an early-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 4th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan. His courtesy titles were ''Chikuzen-no-kami'' and ''Sakonoe-shosho ...
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Maeda Tsunanori
*** Maeda Toshiaki (1691–1737)
**** Maeda Toshimichi (1737–1781)
***** Maeda Toshitoyo (1771–1836)
****** Maeda Toshihiro (1823–1877)
******* Maeda Toshiaki (1850–1896)
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Toshinari Maeda
, was a Japanese general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.
Biography
Maeda Toshinari was born the fifth son of the former ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi Doma ...
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Maeda Toshitatsu (1908–1989)
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Maeda Toshihiri (b. 1935)
*********** Maeda Toshitaka (b. 1963)
************ Maeda Toshikyo (b. 1993)
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Maeda Yoshinori
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Maeda Munetoki
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Maeda Shigehiro
Maeda Shigehiro (前田 重煕; August 18, 1729 – May 10, 1753) was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 7th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 8th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Shige ...
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Maeda Shigenobu
was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 9th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Shigenobu was born in Kanazawa as the fifth son of Maeda Yoshinori. Hi ...
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Maeda Harunaga
was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 11th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Harunaga was born in Kanazawa as Tokijiro (時次郎), the tenth s ...
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Maeda Shigemichi
was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 9th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 10th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Shigemichi was born in Kanazawa as Kenjiro (健次郎), the seventh ...
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Maeda Narinaga
was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 11th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 12th hereditary chieftain of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Narinaga was born in Kanazawa as Kamemachi (亀万千) later Katsu ...
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Maeda Nariyasu
was an Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 12th ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was the 13th hereditary lord of the Kanazawa Maeda clan.
Biography
Nariyasu was born in Kanazawa in 1811,
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Maeda Yoshiyasu
was a late-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 13th (and final) ''daimyō'' of Kaga Domain in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and the 14th hereditary lord of the Maeda clan.
Yoshiyasu was born in Edo as Inuchiyo (犬千代), the first son of M ...
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Yoshitsugu Maeda (1858–1900)
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Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who a ...
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Chiyohime
was Tokugawa Iemitsu's daughter with his concubine, Ofuri no Kata (died 1640), daughter of Oka Shigemasa, also known as Jishō'in. After Ofuri died, Chiyohime was adopted by Iemitsu's concubine, Oman no Kata (1624-1711), later Keishoin. She m ...
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Tokugawa Mitsutomo
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Tokugawa Tsunanari
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Matsudaira Yoshitaka
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...
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Tokugawa Tsugutomo
was ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain during mid-Edo period Japan.
Biography
Tokugawa Tsugutomo was the 11th son of the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Tsunanari by a concubine, who was a commoner, his childhood name was Hachisaburo (八三 ...
**** Matsuhime, married
Maeda Yoshinori
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Tokugawa Muneharu
was a ''daimyō'' in Japan during the Edo period. He was the seventh Tokugawa lord of the Owari Domain, and one of the ''gosanke''.
Biography
Muneharu was the 20th son
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Tokugawa Yoshimichi
was ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain during early-Edo period Japan.
Biography
Tokugawa Yoshimichi was the 10th son of the 3rd ''daimyō'' of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Tsunanari by a concubine, Hōju-in, who was believed to have been a commoner. His chi ...
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Tokugawa Gorōta
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain.
Biography
Tokugawa Gorōta was the eldest son of the 4th ''daimyō'' of the Owari Domain, Tokugawa Yoshimichi, by his official wife, Zuishō-in, the daughter of the court ...
***** Shinjuin (1706–1757) married
Kujō Yukinori
, son of Sukezane and adopted son of his brother Morotaka, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a daughter of Tokugawa Yoshimichi (fourth head of Owari Domain) and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Tsu ...
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Kujō Tanemoto
, son of Yukinori with Tokugawa Senhime (1706-1757), was a ''kugyō'' 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 th ...
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Nijō Munemoto
, son of Kujō Yukinori and adopted son of Nijō Munehira, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka {{Infobox officeholder
, name = Nijō Harutaka
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******* Nijō Shigeyoshi (1751–1768)
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Nijō Harutaka
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Nijō Suiko married
Nabeshima Naotomo
was a Japanese ''daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were su ...
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Nabeshima Naotada
Viscount was the 9th and final ''daimyō'' of Hasunoike Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan (modern-day Saga Prefecture). Before the Meiji Restoration, his courtesy titles were title of '' Kai no Kami'' and junior 5th, lower grade court ...
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Kujō Suketsugu
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{{nihongo, Kujō Suketsugu, 九条 輔嗣, extra=October 28, 1784 – March 6, 1807, son of Nijō Harutaka with Tokugawa Yoshihime (daughter of Tokugawa Munemoto) and adopted son of Kujō Sukeie, was ...
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Nijō Narinobu
, son of Nijō Harutaka, was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868). He married a Tokugawa Juko (1796-1844), daughter of the seventh head of Mito Domain Tokugawa Harutoshi
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo per ...
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Nijō Nariyuki
was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the late Edo period and the early Meiji period. He was the last '' kampaku'' regent in Japanese history and the last ''sesshō'' as a subject. He was the 26th head of the Nijō family.
Life
Nijō Na ...
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Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
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Nijō Tamemoto (1911–1985)
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Nijō Toyomoto (1909–1944)
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Kujo Hisatada
Kujo is an American outdoor footwear company specializing in shoes made for yard work. The company is based out of Cleveland, Ohio.
History
Kujo successfully launched on Kickstarter
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Empress Eishō
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Kujō Michitaka
, son of regent Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of his brother, Kujō Yukitsune, was a '' kuge'' or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period and politician of the early Meiji era who served as a member of the House of Peers. One of his daughte ...
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Takatsukasa Hiromichi
, son of Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of Takatsukasa Sukehiro, was a kazoku Duke of the Meiji period who served in Imperial Japanese Army. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons.
Family
His son was Toshimichi Takatsukasa (d. 1966), who was marr ...
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Nobusuke Takatsukasa
Duke , son of Takatsukasa Hiromichi, Hiromichi, was a Japanese nobleman and politician of the Meiji period (1868–1912) who served as a member of House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Takatsukasa Nobuhiro was his brother, a ...
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Toshimichi Takatsukasa
, son of Duke Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of trains. He was a descendant of Tokugawa Yoshinao and consequently was born into an aristocratic family, but, like all Japanese aristocrats, lost his title with the post-war legal reforms of 194 ...
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Nijō Motohiro
Prince , was a Japanese nobleman who served the Meiji government as a court official and member of House of Peers.
Biography
Nijō Motohiro was born in Kyoto as the eighth son of Kujō Hisatada. He was adopted by Nijō Narinobu, another of the ...
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Nijō Atsumoto
, son of Nijō Motohiro, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Peers in the Meiji period (1868–1912). He adopted Nijō Masamaro
, son of Nijō Nariyuki, was a Japanese politician who served as a member of House of P ...
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Tokugawa Ietsuna
was the fourth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan who was in office from 1651 to 1680. He is considered the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, which makes him the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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** Moyohime (1659–1660)
** Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1659–1660)
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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
** Tokugawa Tokumatsu (1679–1683)
** Tokugawa Chomatsu (1683–1686)
** Tsuruhime (1677–1704)
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Tokugawa Tsunashige
was the third son of Tokugawa Iemitsu. His mother was Iemitsu's concubine Onatsu no Kata. His childhood name was Chomatsu (長松). When Iemitsu died in 1651, he was only 8 years old. After he was given Kofu Domain, he remained there until hi ...
** Matsudaira Kiyotake (1663–1724)
*** Matsudaira Kiyokata (1697-1724)
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Tokugawa Ienobu
(June 11, 1662 – November 12, 1712) was the sixth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige, thus making him the nephew of Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the grandson of Tokugawa Iemi ...
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Tokugawa Ietsugu
*** Tokugawa Daigoro (1709–1710)
*** Tokugawa Iechiyo (1707–1707)
*** Tokugawa Torakichi (1711–1712)
*** Toyo-hime (1681–1681)
*** Tokugawa Mugetsuin (1699–1699)
Notes
References
* Hickman, Money L., John T. Carpenter and Bruce A. Coats. (2002)
''Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama''.New Haven:
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OCLC 34564921* Wilson, Richard L. (1985)
''Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743)''(PhD thesis/dissertation). Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas.
OCLC 19111312
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