Takatsukasa Sukehira
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, adopted son of Mototeru
, was a kugyō
or Japanese court noble of the Edo period
(1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku
from 1787-1791. Masahiro
was his son who he had with a daughter of the eighth head of Chōshū Domain Mori Shigetaka.
Takatsukasa Mototeru
, son of Ichijō Kaneka and adopted son of Hisasuke, was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . Sukehira was his adopted son.-References:...
, was a 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...
or Japanese court noble of the 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....
(1603–1868). 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,...
from 1787-1791. Masahiro
Takatsukasa Masahiro
, son of regent Sukehira, was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period . He held a regent position kampaku from 1795-1814. Masahiro's son, Masamichi, was born to a daughter of the eleventh head of Tokushima Domain, Hachisuka Shigeyoshi....
was his son who he had with a daughter of the eighth head of Chōshū Domain Mori Shigetaka.