Kujō Michiie (1193 – 1252) was a Japanese regent

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 the 13th century. He was the father of Kujō Yoritsune

Kujo Yoritsune

, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune, was the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo...

 and grandson of Kujō Kanezane (also known as Fujiwara no Kanezane

Fujiwara no Kanezane

, also known as , is the founder of the Kujō family , although some sources cite Fujiwara no Morosuke as its founder....

). He was the father of Norizane

Kujo Norizane

, son of regent Michiie, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period. He held regent positions kampaku from 1231 to 1232 and sessho from 1232 to 1235. Tadaie was his son.-References:...

 and Yoritsune

Kujo Yoritsune

, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune, was the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo...

. His third son Ichijō Sanetsune

Ichijo Sanetsune

, son of regent Michiie, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period . He was the founding father of the Ichijō family, one of the five regent houses which monopolized regent positions in Japan's imperial court. He held regent positions kampaku in 1246 and from 1265 to 1267, and...

 was the founding father of Ichijō family

Ichijo family

The was one of five regent houses, branches of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family monopolizing regent positions Sesshō and Kampaku in Japan. The family was founded by Kujō Michiie's third son Ichijō Sanetsune....

, while his second son Nijō Yoshizane

Nijo Yoshizane

, son of regent Kujō Michiie, was a Japanese kugyō of the Kamakura period of Japan. He held a regent position kampaku two times from 1242 to 1246 and from 1261 to 1265. He was the father of Nijō Morotada.-References:...

 founded Nijō family

Nijo family

The was one of five regent houses, branches of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful noble family that monopolized regent positions Sesshō and Kampaku in Japan. The family was founded by Kujō Michiie's second son Nijō Yoshizane, while his third son Ichijō Sanetsune founded Ichijō family.-External links:* ...

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The Kujō family

Kujō family

The Kujō family was a Japanese noble family and a branch of the Fujiwara clan derived from Fujiwara no Tadamichi. They were counted as one of the Sekke, the five regent houses and therefore one of the most politically powerful families among the kuge .As one of the Sekke, the five regent houses,...

 were sponsors of the Kitano Shrine

Kitano Tenman-gu

' is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.-History:It was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan....

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In 1219, Kujō Michiie offered an emakimono

Emakimono

, often simply called , is a horizontal, illustrated narrative form created during the 11th to 16th centuries in Japan. Emakimono combines both text and pictures, and is drawn, painted, or stamped on a handscroll...

 named "Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki" (Illustrated Scroll of the History of the Kitano Shrine) to the Kitano shrine. He gave an enlarged version of the history to the Kitano shrine in 1223.

In 1226, Michiie managed to have his son Yoritsune

Kujo Yoritsune

, also known as Fujiwara no Yoritsune, was the fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was kanpaku Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo...

 appointed fourth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate

Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. The Kamakura period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate...

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