, son of
Motomichi, was a court noble (''
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 und ...
'') of the early
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first '' shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
. His sons include:
Takatsukasa Kanehira, and
Konoe Kanetsune.
In 1206 when
Kujō Yoshitune died, he became the head of the
Fujiwara family
was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until ...
and
Sesshō. The same year he was appointed
Kampaku. In the
Jōkyū War
, also known as the Jōkyū Disturbance or the Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthr ...
(1221) he opposed to
Emperor Go-Toba
was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198.
This 12th-century sovereign was named after Emperor Toba, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "later"; a ...
, costing him the post. After the war he was reappointed
Sesshō.
* 1206 (''
Ken'ei 1, 3rd month''): Iezane becomes regent for the emperor.
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 228.]
* 1206 (''Ken'ei 1, 12th month''): Iezane ceases to function as ''sesshō''; and instead, he becomes ''
kampaku'' (chancellor).
* 1221 (''
Jōkyū
, also called Shōkyū, was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after '' Kempō'' and before '' Jōō.'' This period spanned the years from April 1219 through April 1222.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jōkyū''" i ''J ...
3, 4th month''): Iezane loses his position as ''kampaku;'' and
Kujō Michiie takes on the role of regent.
* 1221 (''Jōkyū 3, 7th month''): The ''sesshō'' Michiie is replaced by Iezane.
* 1221 (''Jōkyū 3''): In the winter of this year, Iezane is named ''
Daijō Daijin.''
[Titsingh, p. 239.]
* 1223 (''
Jōō 2, 10th month''): Iezane ceases to be ''sesshō;'' and his title is changed to ''kampaku.''
* 1227 (''
Antei 1, 2nd month''):
Emperor Go-Horikawa raised Fujiwara no Nagako, the daughter of Konoe Iezane, to the rank of ''Chūgū'' (
empress consort). She was somewhat older than the emperor, but he loved her madly.
[Titsingh, p. 240.]
* 1241 (''
Ninji 2, 11th month''): Iezane ordains as a Buddhist monk, taking the
Dharma name
A Dharma name or Dhamma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name). The nam ...
Enshin (円心).
He died the following year.
Family
*Father:
Konoe Motomichi
*Mother: Daughter of Minamoto no Akinobu
*Concubine: Daughter of Fujiwara Kishinobu
**1st Son:
Konoe Iemichi (近衛家通; 1204-1224）
**3rd Son:
Konoe Kanetsune (近衛兼経;1210-1259)
**1st Daughter:
Konoe Nagako (近衛長子; 1218–1275), married
Emperor Go-Horikawa
*Concubine: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tadayuki
**4th Son:
Takatsukasa Kanehira (鷹司兼平;1228-1294)
**6th Son: Jizen (慈禅; 1231-1276）
*Concubine: Daughter of Fujiwara no Tadayuki
**7th Son: Matsudata (増忠; 1233-1298）
**8th Son: Seikane (聖兼; 1241-1293）
*Concubine: Daughter of Usa Hiromichi
**9th Son: Satomi (聖実)
*Unknown Concubine
** 2nd Son: Konoe Ietsuke (近衛家輔; 1208?-1221）
**5th Son: Jitsusei (実静; 1230–?)
**10th Son: another son
Notes
References
*
Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834).
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Fujiwara clan
Konoe family
1179 births
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth missing
1243 deaths
Place of death missing
People of Heian-period Japan
People of Kamakura-period Japan
Kamakura period Buddhist clergy
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