Kujo Morotaka
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, 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
; Morotaka and she adopted his biological younger brother Yukinori
as their son.
Kujo Sukezane
, son of Kaneharu, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . 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, Morotaka, Yukinori and Naozane, and a daughter who later became a consort...
, was a kugyō
Kugyo
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 kugyō was broadly divided into two groups: the , comprising the Chancellor of the Realm, the Minister of the Left, and the Minister of the Right; and the , comprising the...
or Japanese court noble of the Edo period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
(1603–1868). His consort was a daughter of fourth head of Hiroshima Domain
Hiroshima Domain
Hiroshima Domain was a han, or feudal domain, of Edo period Japan. Based at Hiroshima castle in the city of Hiroshima, the domain encompassed Aki province and parts of neighboring Bingo province....
Asano Tsunanaga
Asano Tsunanaga
was a Japanese daimyo of the Edo period, who ruled the Hiroshima Domain. He held the title of Aki no kami.During the 47 Ronin incident, Tsunanaga sent a messenger to Akō, which was ruled by a branch family of the Hiroshima Asano, and recommended that Ōishi Kuranosuke peacefully surrender the castle...
; Morotaka and she adopted his biological younger brother Yukinori
Kujo Yukinori
, son of Sukezane and adopted son of his brother Morotaka, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He married a daughter of Tokugawa Yoshimichi and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Tsugutomo . The couple had two sons: Kujō Tanemoto and Nijō Munemoto.-References:...
as their son.