Nijo Munemoto
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, son of Kujō Yukinori
and adopted son of Nijō Munehira
, was a Japanese kugyō
(court noble) of the Edo period
(1603–1868). He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka
. Shigeyori, who died young, adopted Harutaka as his son.
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:...
and adopted son of Nijō Munehira
Nijo Munehira
, son of regent Nijō Yoshitada, was a Japanese kugyō of the Edo period. He adopted Kujō Yukinori's son who became known as Nijō Munemoto.-References:...
, 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....
(1603–1868). He had two sons and Nijō Harutaka
Nijo Harutaka
, son of Nijō Munemoto, was a Japanese kugyō of the Edo period . He had many children with a daughter of the fifth lord of Mito Domain Tokugawa Munemoto...
. Shigeyori, who died young, adopted Harutaka as his son.