Takatsukasa Kanehiro

In this Japanese name, the surname is Takatsukasa.

Takatsukasa Kanehiro (鷹司 兼熙, January 17, 1659 – December 24, 1725), son of Fusasuke, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1703 to 1707. Fusahiro was his adopted son who he had with a daughter of the first head of the Takamatsu Domain Matsudaira Yorishige.

Family

Parents

• Father: Takatsukasa Fusasuke (鷹司 房輔, June 22, 1637 – March 1, 1700)
• Mother: Lady Takeko no Oe (大江竹子,d.1679), Hedenari Mori's daughter (毛利秀就)

Consorts and issues:

• Wife: Osahime (長姫), third daughter of Matsudaira Yorishige (松平頼重)
• Concubine: Unknown
  • Takatsukasa Mokoto (鷹司基子, 1710-1730), consort of Kyōgoku-no-miya Yakahito shinnō (京極宮 家仁親王), first daughter
• Adopted children
  • Takatsukasa Fusahiro (鷹司 房熙, 6 September 1710 – 9 June 1730) – biological son of Konoe Iehiro (近衛 家熈)
  • Saionji Kin'aki (西園寺 公晃, 4 August 1702 – 9 October 1770)- biological son of Saionji Munesue (西園寺致季)

References

• 鷹司家（摂家） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15.