Konoe Motomichi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Konoe.

Konoe Motomichi (近衛 基通, 1160 – July 8, 1233) was a Kugyō (high-ranking Japanese official) from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period.^[1][2] His father was Motozane, the founder of Konoe family, and his mother was a daughter of Tadataka. Among his sons is Iezane. His wife was Taira no Sadako, the sixth daughter of Kiyomori.

Konoe Motomichi

In 1179, Motomichi was promoted to kampaku, regent, as a result of the coup led by Kiyomori, the father of his stepmother who also his father-in-law. In February of the following year he took the position of sesshō, regent-ship for Emperor Antoku.

In 1208, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Gyōri (行理).

Parents

• Father: Konoe Motozane
• Mother: Fujiwara no Tadataka
• Wife: Taira no Sadako, daughter of Taira no Kiyomori (平完子)
• Concubine: Daughter of Minamoto no Akinobu
  • Konoe Iezane (近衞家実; 1179-1242), first son
• Concubine: Taira no Nobuko (平信子 )
  • Konoe Michitsune (近衞道經; 1184-1238), second son
• Concubine: Daughtjer of a monk
  • Takatsukasa Kanemoto (鷹司兼基), third son
  • Motonori Fujiwara (藤原基教; 1196-1213), fourth son
• Unknown Concubine
  • Enchu (円忠; 1180-1234)
  • Enjō (円浄; 1189-1256)
  • Enki (円基)
  • Shizuchu (静忠; 1190-1263)
  • Nisumi (仁澄)
  • Minobu (実信)
  • Mitoko (尊任)

References

1. Miner, Earl; Morrell, Robert E.; Odagiri, Hiroko (2020-09-01). The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. Princeton University Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-691-21838-0.
2. Sharf, Robert H.; Sharf, Elizabeth Horton (2001). Living Images: Japanese Buddhist Icons in Context. Stanford University Press. pp. 89–97. ISBN 978-0-8047-3989-4.