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Takatsukasa Norihira
, son of Nobuhisa, was a '' kugyo'' or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold regent positions kampaku and sessho. The regent Takatsukasa Fusasuke was his son. His other son Kujō Kaneharu was adopted by the Kujō family. His daughter Takatsukasa Nobuko married the fifth ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Family Parents *Father: Takatsukasa Nobuhisa (鷹司 信尚, 17 May 1590 – 31 December 1621) *Mother: Imperial Princess Seishi (清子内親王; 1593–1674), daughter of Emperor Go-Yozei Consorts and issues: *Wife: Princess Bunchi (文智女王) (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo *Concubine: Tamemitsu Reizei's daughter (冷泉為満) ** Takatsukasa Fusasuke (鷹司 房輔, June 22, 1637 – March 1, 1700), 1st son ** Kujō Kaneharu (九条 兼晴, 1641 – 1677), 3rd son **Takatsukasa Nobuko (鷹司信子, 1651–1709), 1st daughter ***Married Tokugawa Tsunayoshi **Takatsukasa Fusako (鷹司房子, 12 October 1653 – 19 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takatsukasa Nobuhisa
, son of Nobufusa and Sassa Teruko, the daughter of Sassa Narimasa, was a '' kugyo'' or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1612 to 1615. Norihira was his son. Family Parents *Father: Takatsukasa Nobufusa (鷹司 信房, 17 November 1565 – 18 January 1658) *Mother: Sassa Teruko (佐々輝子,d.1630), daughter of Sassa Narimasa Consorts and issue: *Wife: Imperial Princess Seishi (清子内親王; 1593–1674), daughter 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 ... ** Takatsukasa Norihira (鷹司 教平, 14 February 1609 – 7 November 1668), 1st son **Lady Taikō-in (大光院), 1st daughter **Lady Shunkō-in (春光院), 2nd daughter References * 1590 births 1621 deaths Fujiw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takatsukasa Fusasuke
, son of Norihira, was a ''Kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). Fusasuke held regent positions as sesshō (from 1664 to 1668) and as kampaku (from 1668 to 1682). Kanehiro and Sanesuke were his sons who he had with a daughter of the second head of the Chōshū Domain Mōri Hidenari. Family Parents *Father: Takatsukasa Norihira (鷹司 教平, 14 February 1609 – 7 November 1668) *Mother: Tamemitsu Reizei's daughter (冷泉為満) Consorts and issues: *Wife: Lady Takeko no Oe (大江竹子,d.1679), Hedenari Mori's daughter (毛利秀就) ** Takatsukasa Kanehiro (鷹司 兼熙, 17 January 1659 – 24 December 1725), 1st son **Saionji Sanesuke (西園寺実輔, 14 June 1661 – 4 February 1685), 2nd son *Concubine: Court lady (家女房) ** Takatsukasa Sukenobu (鷹司 輔信, 1668 - 1741), 3rd son **Fusa (房演, 1670-1737), 4th son **Shigaki (信覚, 1674 – 1701), 5th son **Tazuru (田鶴君, d.1683), 6th son **Nikken (日顕, d.1690) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 daughter of Kujō Michifusa. Family *Father: Takatsukasa Norihira *Mother: Reizei Tamemitsu’s daughter *Foster Father: Kujō Michifusa *Wife: Kujō Tokihime, daughter of the regent Kujō Michifusa *Concubine: unknown *Children: ** 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 ... by Tokihime ** Nijō Tsunahira by Concubine ** Jūnyo (1673-1739) References * 1641 births 1677 deaths Fujiwara clan Kujō family {{japan-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kujō Family
is a Japanese aristocratic kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Konoe," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 24 retrieved 2013-8-13. The family is a branch of Hokke and, by extension, a main branch of the Fujiwara clan. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Go-sekke"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 260. History The family claims descent from Fujiwara no Kanezane, third son of Fujiwara no Tadamichi. After the fall of the Taira clan in 1185, Kanezane became Sesshō and Kampaku with the support from Minamoto no Yoritomo; Kanezane then founded an independent family as of 1191, and the family name Kujō was named after a residence located on the road "Kujō-Ōji" (九条大路), where his family lived, built by his ancestor, Fujiwara no Mototsune. Since then, the Kujō became one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku could be chosen, later known as the five regent houses. The fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōgun
, officially , was the title of the military rulers 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, except during parts of the Kamakura period and Sengoku period when the shoguns themselves were figureheads, with real power in the hands of the of the Hōjō clan and of the Hosokawa clan. In addition, Taira no Kiyomori and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were leaders of the warrior class who did not hold the position of shogun, the highest office of the warrior class, yet gained the positions of and , the highest offices of the aristocratic class. As such, they ran their governments as its de facto rulers. The office of shogun was in practice hereditary, although over the course of the history of Japan several different clans held the position. The title was originally held by military commanders during the Heian period in the eighth and ninth centuries. When Minamoto no Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
was the fifth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tokugawa, Tsunayoshi''" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File. Tsunayoshi is known for instituting animal welfare laws, particularly for dogs. This earned him the nickname of "the dog ''Shogun''" (''Inu-Kubō'' 犬公方: ''Inu=''Dog, ''Kubō''=formal title of Shogun). Early years (1646–1680) Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was born on 23 February 1646, in Edo. He was the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu by one of his concubines, named Otama, later known as Keishōin 桂昌院 (1627–1705). Tsunayoshi had an elder brother already five years old, who would become the next shogun after Iemitsu's death, Tokugawa Ietsuna. Tsunayoshi was born in Edo and af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Yozei
The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules in her own right and name (empress regnant or ''suo jure''). Emperors are generally recognized to be of the highest monarchic honour and rank, surpassing king. In Europe, the title of Emperor has been used since the Middle Ages, considered in those times equal or almost equal in dignity to that of Pope due to the latter's position as visible head of the Church and spiritual leader of the Catholic part of Western Europe. The emperor of Japan is the only currently reigning monarch whose title is translated into English as "Emperor". Both emperors and kings are monarchs or sovereigns, both emperor and empress are considered monarchical titles. In as much as there is a strict definition of emperor, it is that an emperor has no relations imply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
, posthumously honored as , was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional List of Emperors of Japan, order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign spanned the years from 1611 through 1629, and he was the first emperor to reign entirely during the Edo period. This 17th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Seiwa, sometimes posthumously referred to as because this is the location of his tomb, while ''go'' translates as "later", and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Mizunoo". The Japanese word ''go'' has also been translated to mean the "second one", and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Mizunoo, the second" or "Mizunoo II". Genealogy Before Go-Mizunoo's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was or Masahito. He was the third son of Emperor Go-Yōzei and his consort, Konoe Sakiko. Prince Kotohito had 11 full siblings (7 sisters and 4 brothers). He resided together with concubines in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
