Takatsukasa Kanehira
Takatsukasa Kanehira (鷹司 兼平, 1228 – 1294), fourth son of Konoe Iezane, was a court noble (kugyo) and regent of the Kamakura period of Japan, and founding father of the Takatsukasa family.[1] His sons include Kanetada and Mototada.
After holding some high-ranking positions in the court, in 1252 he was appointed Sessho and became the head of the Fujiwara clan. In 1254 he was appointed Kampaku. In 1290 he retired and became a priest. He was also known as a calligrapher.
Additionally, he features in the memoir of Lady Nijo, a high-ranking court woman who was forced to have a sexual relationship with him.[2][3]
References
- ^ Richey, Jeffrey L. (2015-05-01). Daoism in Japan: Chinese traditions and their influence on Japanese religious culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-66285-3.
- ^ Copeland, Rebecca L.; Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza (2001-07-31). The Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-6471-2.
- ^ Tonomura, Hitomi (2006). "Coercive Sex in the Medieval Japanese Court: Lady Nijō's Memoir". Monumenta Nipponica. 61 (3): 283–338. doi:10.1353/mni.2006.0036. ISSN 0027-0741. JSTOR 25066446. S2CID 162292906.
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- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
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- Fujiwara no Tokihira
- Fujiwara no Tadahira
- Fujiwara no Saneyori
- Fujiwara no Koretada
- Fujiwara no Kaneie
- Fujiwara no Michitaka
- Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Fujiwara no Yorimichi
- Fujiwara no Morozane
- Fujiwara no Tadazane
- Fujiwara no Tadamichi
- Konoe Motozane
- Fujiwara no Motofusa
- Konoe Motomichi
- Matsudono Moroie
- Kujō Kanezane
- Konoe Motomichi
- Kujō Yoshitsune
- Konoe Iezane
- Kujō Michiie
- Kujō Norizane
- Konoe Kanetsune
- Ichijō Sanetsune
- Konoe Kanetsune
- Takatsukasa Kanehira
- Kujō Tadaie
- Ichijō Ietsune
- Takatsukasa Kanetada
- Nijō Kanemoto
- Kujō Moronori
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