, son of regent Sukezane and adopted son of his nephew Tanemoto, 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 , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

(1603–1868). Michisaki was his son. He held court positions as follows: * Kampaku (1778–1779) * Sesshō (1779–1785) * Daijō Daijin (1780–1781) * Kampaku (1785–1787)

Family

*Father:

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 ...

*Mother: Imperial Princess Mashiko (1669-1738) *Children: ** Kujō Michisaki ** Matsudono Tadataka

References

* 1717 births 1787 deaths Fujiwara clan Kujō family Shingon Buddhist monks {{japan-noble-stub