Takatsukasa Kanesuke
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, son of Masahira
, was a court noble (kugyo
) of the late Muromachi period
. He held a regent position Kampaku from 1514 to 1518. Tadafuyu
, his son, succeeded him as head of the Takatsukasa family
.
Takatsukasa Masahira
, son of Fusahira, was a Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period. He held a regent position Kampaku from 1483-1487. Kanesuke was his son who he had with a daughter of Ichijō Kaneyoshi.-References:...
, was a court noble (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...
) of the late Muromachi period
Muromachi period
The is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kemmu restoration of imperial...
. He held a regent position Kampaku from 1514 to 1518. Tadafuyu
Takatsukasa Tadafuyu
, son of Kanesuke, was a court noble of the late Muromachi period. He held a regent position Kampaku from 1542 to 1545. The succession of the household was halted after his death until Takatsukasa Nobufusa, adopted son of Tadafuyu, continued it.-References:*...
, his son, succeeded him as head of the Takatsukasa family
Takatsukasa family
The Takatsukasa family is a branch of the Fujiwara clan of Japan. In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into five houses: Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō. These five families in turn provided regents for the Emperor, and were thus known as the Five Regent...
.