Takatsukasa Sukehiro
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, son of regent Masamichi
, was a kugyo
or Japanese court noble of the late Tokugawa shogunate
and early Meiji period
s. He held a regent position kampaku
in 1863. After his biological son Sukemasa
died young, he adopted a son of Kujō Hisatada
, Hiromichi
. In August 1872 he retired, and in November 1878 he died at age 72.
Takatsukasa Masamichi
, son of regent Masahiro, was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the late Edo and the late Tokugawa shogunate periods. He held a regent position kampaku from 1823-1856. In 1856 at the Ansei Purge he was prosecuted and later became a priest. Sukehiro was his son who he had with a daughter of the...
, was a kugyo
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 late Tokugawa shogunate
Late Tokugawa shogunate
, literally "end of the curtain", are the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end. It is characterized by major events occurring between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as sakoku and transitioned from a feudal shogunate...
and early Meiji period
Meiji period
The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...
s. He held a regent position kampaku
Sessho and Kampaku
In Japan, was a title given to a regent who was named to assist either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress. The was theoretically a sort of chief advisor for the emperor, but was the title of both first secretary and regent who assists an adult emperor. During the Heian era,...
in 1863. After his biological son Sukemasa
Takatsukasa Sukemasa
, son of regent Sukehiro, was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji periods. Among his consorts was a daughter of Hachisuka Narihiro, the thirteenth head of Tokushima Domain. In September 1867 he died at age 19....
died young, he adopted a son of Kujō Hisatada
Kujo Hisatada
, son of Nijō Harutaka, was a kuge or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He was adopted by his brother Suketsugu as his son. He held a regent position kampaku from 1856 to 1862, and retired in 1863, becoming a priest...
, Hiromichi
Takatsukasa Hiromichi
, son of Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of Takatsukasa Sukehiro, was a kazoku of the Meiji period who served in Imperial Japanese Army. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons....
. In August 1872 he retired, and in November 1878 he died at age 72.