, son of
Kaneharu, 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 character ...
(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
, also known as , was the 111th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 後西天皇 (111)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', pp. 116.
Go-Sai ...
; the couple had three sons,
Morotaka,
Yukinori and
Naozane, and a daughter who later became a consort of
Tokugawa Yoshimichi, fourth head of
Owari Domain
The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated ...
later known as Zuisho-in.
Family
*Father:
Kujō Kaneharu
*Mother: Tokihime
*Wife: Imperial Princess Mashiko (1669-1738)
*concubine: unknown
*Children:
**
Kujō Morotaka
, son of regent Sukezane, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). His consort was a daughter of fourth head of Hiroshima Domain Asano Tsunanaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Hir ...
by Mashiko
**
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 Tsugu ...
by Concubine later adopted by Mashiko
**
Kujō Naozane by Mashiko
** Kujo Sukeko married
Tokugawa Yoshimichi by Mashiko
References
*
1669 births
1729 deaths
Fujiwara clan
Kujō family
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