Konoe Motohiro

Konoe Motohiro

Konoe Motohiro ( Japanese 近衛 基 熙 ; * 1648 ; † 1722 ), out of date: Konoye Motohiro , was a painter, calligrapher and from 1690 to 1703 Kampaku (regent) for the Japanese Emperor Higashiyama .

Life path

Konoe Motohiro's father was the resigned Kampaku Konoe Hisatsugu ( 近衛 尚 嗣 ). He was considered one of the most important connoisseurs of protocol and classical court ceremonies and attached great importance to its application. At the imperial court he was in the following first court rank . In 1690 he was appointed Kampaku (until 1703) for Higashiyama . He thus continued the family tradition to which he was entitled as a birthright. After his resignation, he advised his successors, Iehiro and Iehisa.

In 1706 he obtained the approval of the shogunate in Edo to appoint the imperial prince Masu (later Nakamikado ) as crown prince. After the reign he held the Grand Chancellery ( Dajo-daijin ) in 1709/10 / 25-12 / 9 .

He visited Edo in 1710 / 4–1712 / 3. During this time, messages were received from the King of Ryūkyū and from Korea (1711); he may have advised on the clarification of protocol issues.

Motohiro was married to the imperial princess Shina-no-miya Tsuneko nai-shinnō ( 品 宮 常 子 内 親王 ), the sixteenth daughter of Go-Mizunoo . Her diary came down as Mujōhōin-dono gonniki . The family income was rather modest at 1800 koku (1679). His daughter Konoe Hiroko ( 近衛 熙 子 ; 1660–1741 / 2/28 ) became the main wife ( midaidokoro ) of the shogun Tokugawa Ienobu - improperly . The son-in-law began as a designated shogun, through his wife, to subsidize Motohiro's household annually with 500 ryō (approx. 9 kg) gold, the sum rose to 3000 ryō after taking office, only to decrease again after death. In addition, there were other gifts to the family (e.g. 1709, 4500 ryō and goods). For his "advisory work" on questions of courtly protocol during his two years in Edo he received 500 ryō from the Shogun per month.

With his concubine Azechi he had a daughter Yasugimi (* 1706/1/5).

Motohiro's son Konoe Iehiro ( 近衛 家 煕 ) was Kampaku and Sesshō from 1707 to 1712. The second son Nobuna died in 1684.

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

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 . in: Harvard Journal Asiatic Studies, Vol. 59.2, pp. 485-522.