Saionji (family)

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The Saionji ( Japanese 西 園 寺 家 , Saionji-ke ) were a family of the Japanese court nobility ( Kuge ), which was derived from Fujiwara no Kinzane ( 藤原 公 実 ; 1053-1107) and thus from the Seiwa-Genji .

genealogy

  • Kintsune ( 公 経 ; 1171–1244), son of Sanemune, married a niece of Minamoto Yoritomos . In 1217 he attempted to obtain the title of Konoe-taishō, but retired Emperor Go-Toba refused. Kintsune was so angry that he complained to Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo , whereupon Go-Toba forbade him to appear again at court. When the emperor later prepared to attack the Hōjō , he intended to imprison Kintsune. But he was able to get to safety in 1221. With the accession to the throne of Emperor Go-Horikawa he became Naidaijin and a year later Dajō-daijin. - A daughter of Kintsune married the Kampaku Michiie and became the mother of the Shogun Yoritsune. Another daughter became the wife of Emperor Go-Sagas and another married Emperor Go-Fukakusa .
  • Kinhira ( 公 衡 ; 1264-1315), Sanekane's son, often called Chikurin-in ( 竹林 院 ), was Sadaijin . His daughter married Emperor Go-Fushimi : by adoption she was the mother of Emperor Hanazono and the real mother of Emperor Kōgon and Emperor Kōmyō of the North Court. The Saionji were very influential at the time.
  • Kimmune ( 公 宗 ; 1309 / 10-1335), Kinhira's grandson, learned of the power plans of Tokusō Hōjō Takatoki ( 北 条 高 時 ; 1303-1333) and passed them on to Emperor Go-Daigo . Takatoki then had him arrested. He was later brought to Izumo Province , where he was killed by Nawa Nagatoshi ( 名 和 長年 ; † 1336).
  • Kimmochi (公 望 ; 1849-1940) was one of the few Japanese court nobility who took anactive part in government affairsafter the Meiji Restoration in 1868. After studying in France from 1870 to 1880, he headed the embassy in Vienna in 1885 and the one in Berlin in 1887. It was also he who wrote a letter from Emperor Meiji to Pope Leo XIII. brought in Rome: it was the answer to his letter to the emperor. He held the offices of President of the Office of the Order, Vice President of the Upper House in 1893, member of the Privy Council and other offices. He was also foreign minister several times. In 1903 he replaced Prince Itō Hirobumi as the leader of the political party Rikken Seiyūkai . He was Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and 1911 and 1912.

The Saionji carried the title of Prince after the Meiji Restoration .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Furusawa, Tsunetoshi: Kamon daichō . Kin'ensha, n.d., ISBN 4-321-31720-7 , p. 172.

literature

  • Edmond Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprint of the 1910 edition. Tuttle, 1972, ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .