Nijo Akizane
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, son of regent Nijō Haruyoshi
, was a Japanese kugyō
(court noble) of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
and the early Edo period
. He held a regent position kampaku two times, once in 1585, and again from 1615 to 1619. He married a daughter of daimyo
Oda Nobunaga
and the couple adopted Kujō Yukiie
's son, who became known as Nijō Yasumichi
.
Nijo Haruyoshi
, son of regent Nijō Korefusa, was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period . He held a regent position kampaku two times from 1548 to 1553 and from 1568 to 1578. He married a daughter of prince Fushimi-no-miya Sadaatsu who gave birth to Kujō Kanetaka, Nijō Akizane and Takatsukasa...
, was a Japanese 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...
(court noble) of the Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period
The came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place. It spans the years from approximately 1573 to 1603, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order...
and the early 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....
. He held a regent position kampaku two times, once in 1585, and again from 1615 to 1619. He married a daughter of daimyo
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...
and the couple adopted Kujō Yukiie
Kujo Yukiie
, son of regent Kanetaka, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . His given name was initially. He held a regent position kampaku from 1608 to 1612 and from 1619 to 1623. He married Toyotomi Sadako, a daughter of Toyotomi Hidekatsu and adopted daughter of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada...
's son, who became known as Nijō Yasumichi
Nijo Yasumichi
, son of Kujō Yukiie adopted son of Nijō Akizane, was a Japanese kugyō of the early Edo period. He held a regent position sesshō from 1635 to 1647. He married a daughter of Emperor Go-Yōzei, and the couple had son Nijō Mitsuhira.-References:...
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