Konoe Iehiro

Konoe Iehiro ( Japanese 近衛 家 煕 ; * 1667 ; † 1739 ), outdated: Konoye Iehiro , was a painter, calligrapher and from 1707 to 1712 Kampaku and Sesshō for two Japanese emperors.

Life path

Konoe Iehiro, the son of Konoe Motohiro , was the 21st head of the family. He is also known as a calligrapher - especially for Kana. There is also a 4-volume book by him with the title Ryūdai Sōsho . 1693 to 1704 "Minister on the Right" ( Udaijin ), then until 1707 "Minister on the Left" ( Sadaijin ). He was from 1707 to 1709 Kampaku for Higashiyama - tennō , then until 1712/8/28 Sesshō for Nakamikado -tennō, plus Grand Chancellor ( Daijō Daijin ) 1710-1711. As early as 1711 he had the idea of ​​resigning as regent, but could be dissuaded by the shogunate through a benefice of 1000 koku - which his sister Hiroko probably arranged - until the following year. In Kyoto he had his own schools for calligraphy and ikebana . He attached great importance to traditional traditions. Its collection forms the core of the treasures in the Yōmei Bunko family archive .

His wife Noriko nai-shinnō ( 憲 子 内 親王 ) was a daughter of Reigen -tennō, with whom he had four children. After retiring to a monastery in 1725, he took the name Yoraku-in . Like his father, he was considered a master calligrapher. His diary Kaiki covers the period from 1686 to 1713. His second son Fusahiro (1710–30) was adopted by Takatsukasa Kanehiro .

His daughter Tsunegimi (* 1702) came from a liaison with his housekeeper Majijiri . She was married as nyogo to Emperor Nakamikado in 1716 and died in childbed at the age of 19 (1720/1). For the wedding she had received a benefice of 2000 koku annually.

source

• Berend Wispelwey (Ed.): Japanese Biographical Archive . Fiche 167, KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-34014-1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cecilia Seigle: Konoe Hiroko, Consort of Tokugawa Ienobu . Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 59,2, p. 496f Fn;, p. 519

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Konoe is the family name, Iehiro the first name.