Konoe family

Konoe family
近衛家
Parent house Fujiwara clan
Titles Various
Founder Konoe Motozane
Current head Tadateru Konoe
Founding year 12th century
Dissolution still extant

Konoe family (近衛家, Konoe-ke) is a Japanese aristocratic kin group.[1] The Konoe is a branch of the Fujiwara clan.[2]

History

The Konoe claim descent from Fujiwara Iezane (1179–1242).[1] The family was founded by Konoe Motozane.

The Konoe was one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku (regents) were chosen.[1] The Konoe is the original (main) branch of the Fujiwara clan.

Tadateru Konoe is the 50th head of the family which goes back to Fujiwara Kamatari (614-669). Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) was the patron and a model for Hikaru no Kimi in The Tale of Genji.

Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe was a member of this family.[3] His brother Prince Hidemaro Konoye was a prominent conductor who founded the New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo, now the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

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Genealogy

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13.
  2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Go-sekke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 260.
  3. Nussbaum, "Konoe Fumimaro" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 558-559.
  4. Nussbaum, "Konoe Sakihasa" at p. 559.
  5. Nussbaum, "Konoe Nobutada" at p. 559.
  6. Nussbaum, "Konoe Notuhrio" at p. 559.
  7. Nussbaum, "Konoe Iehiro" at p. 559.
  8. Nussbaum, "Konoe Atsumaro" at p. 558.
  9. Nussbaum, "Konoe Atsumaro" at pp. 558-559.
  10. Third daughter of Shimazu Shigehide (薩摩藩主).
  11. Arisugawanomiya Taruhito Shinou (有栖川宮幟仁親王) was adopted to the Tokiwai family and after he adopts Tadafusa's son Gyouyuu.
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