Takatsukasa Mototeru
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, son of Ichijō Kaneka
and adopted son of Hisasuke
, was a Kugyō
or Japanese court noble of the Edo period
(1603–1868). Sukehira
was his adopted son.
Ichijo Kaneka
, son of regent Takatsukasa Fusasuke and adopted son of regent Kaneteru, was a kugyō of the Edo period of Japan. He held a regent position kampaku from 1737 to 1746. He married a daughter of Asano Tsunanaga, fourth head of Hiroshima Domain, and an adopted daughter of Ikeda Tsunamasa, second head...
and adopted son of Hisasuke
Takatsukasa Hisasuke
, son of Konoe Iehiro and adopted son of Fusahiro, was a kuge or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He died at age 8 of illness after inheriting the Takatsukasa family at age 5. His wife and he did not have a son, but they adopted one Mototeru....
, 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). Sukehira
Takatsukasa Sukehira
, adopted son of Mototeru, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He held a regent position kampaku from 1787-1791. Masahiro was his son who he had with a daughter of the eighth head of Chōshū Domain Mori Shigetaka.-References:...
was his adopted son.