Nijo Munehira
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, son of regent Nijō Yoshitada
, was a Japanese kugyō
(court noble) of the Edo period
. He adopted Kujō Yukinori's son who became known as Nijō Munemoto
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Nijo Yoshitada
, son of regent Nijō Tsunahira, was a Japanese kugyō of the Edo period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1736 to 1737. He married a daughter of the fourth head of Kaga Domain Maeda Tsunanori. Nijō Munehira was his son. Also, one of his daughters was a consort of Emperor...
, was a Japanese 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...
(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....
. He adopted Kujō Yukinori's son who became known as Nijō Munemoto
Nijo Munemoto
, son of Kujō Yukinori and adopted son of Nijō Munehira, was a Japanese kugyō of the Edo period . He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka. Shigeyori, who died young, adopted Harutaka as his son.-References:...
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