Takatsukasa Norihira

Takatsukasa Norihira ( Japanese 鷹 司 教 平 ; * February 14, 1609 ; † November 7, 1668 ) was a scion of the noble family Takatsukasa , which was revived by Takatsukasa Nobufusa , originally descended from Konoe Iezane , who was considered worthy enough as one of the go-sekke Providing rulers for Japanese rulers.

Norihira, Nobuhisa's son, was initially "head of the office for the imperial bodyguard on the left" and from 1632 Naidaijin . Sadaijin ("Chancellor on the left") he was from 1640 to 1641, when the policy of closing the country ( sakoku rei ) from Tokugawa-Bakufu was perfected.

He was married to Go-Mizunoo's daughter , Tanemitsu. His third son was adopted into the Kujō , he is therefore known as Kujō Kaneharu ( 九 条 兼 晴 ; 1641–1677). Three sons received high positions within the Buddhist hierarchy. The daughter Nobuko ( 信 子 ; 1651-1709) was the Jōkō-in of the Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , another was a nun in the Zuiryūji . The youngest was married to Shimazu Tsunataka , the third daimyo of Satsuma-han . With a concubine he had the daughter Fusako ( 房子 ; 1653-1712), the lady-in-waiting in the palace of the Empress of the Reigen-Tennō .

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• Berend Wispelwey (Ed.): Japanese Biographical Archive . Fiche 384, KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-34014-1
• Family tree (jp.)

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