, son of
Sukezane and adopted son of his brother
Morotaka, 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). He married a daughter of
Tokugawa Yoshimichi (fourth head of
Owari Domain
The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...
) and adopted daughter of
Tokugawa Tsugutomo (sixth head of
Owari Domain
The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...
) known as Shinjuin (1706-1757). The couple had two sons:
Kujō Tanemoto and
Nijō Munemoto.
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: concubine
*Foster mother: Imperial Princess Mashiko (1669-1738)
*Wife: Senhime (1706-1757)
*Children (all by Senhime):
**
Kujō Tanemoto
**
Nijō Munemoto
References
*
1700 births
1728 deaths
Fujiwara clan
Kujō family
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