Takatsukasa family
| Takatsukasa family 鷹司家 | |
|---|---|
| Parent house | Konoe family (Fujiwara clan) |
| Titles | Various |
| Founder | Fujiwara Kanehira |
| Founding year | 13th century |
| Dissolution | still extant |
Takatsukasa clan (鷹司家, Takutsukasa-ke) was a Japanese aristocratic kin group.[1] The Takatsukasa was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.[2]
History
The family was founded by Fujiwara Kanehira (1228– 1294), who was the sixth son of Konoe Iezane. He was the first to take this name.[1] The family took its name from the section of Kyoto in which they resided. The family crest is the peony.[citation needed]
The Takatsukasa was one of the five Fujiwara families from which the Sesshō and Kampaku were chosen.[1]
The Takatsukasa family died out in the Sengoku period. Later, at the beginning of the Edo period, a son of Nijō Haruyoshi took the name Takatsukasa Nobufusa and revived the household which halted at Tadafuyu.[citation needed]
Nobufusa's daughter Takako married Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun; but she had no son.[citation needed]
In 1869, the head of the Takatsukasa family became duke in the kazoku system.[1] Princess Kazuko, the third daughter of Hirohito, the Emperor Showa, married the heir of Takatsukasa.[citation needed]
Select list
- Takatsukasa Kanehira[1]
- Takatsukasa Kanetada
- Takatsukasa Mototada
- Takatsukasa Tadafuyu
- Takatsukasa Nobufusa
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Nijō," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 58; retrieved 2013-8-13.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Takatsukasa-ke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 937.
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