Takatsukasa Fusasuke

Summary

Takatsukasa Fusasuke (鷹司 房輔, June 22, 1637 – March 1, 1700), son of Norihira, was a Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). He held regent positions sesshō (from 1664 to 1668) and kampaku (from 1668 to 1682). Kanehiro and Sanesuke were his sons who he had with a daughter of the second head of the Chōshū Domain Mōri Hidenari.

Family edit

Parents

  • Father: Takatsukasa Norihira (鷹司 教平, 14 February 1609 – 7 November 1668)
  • Mother: Tamemitsu Reizei's daughter (冷泉為満)

Consorts and issues:

  • Wife: Lady Takeko no Oe (大江竹子,d.1679), Hedenari Mori's daughter (毛利秀就)
    • Takatsukasa Kanehiro (鷹司 兼熙, 17 January 1659 – 24 December 1725), first son
    • Saionji Sanesuke (西園寺実輔, 14 June 1661 – 4 February 1685), second son – adopted by Saionji Kinsui (西園寺公遂)
  • Concubine: Court lady (家女房)
    • Takatsukasa Sukenobu (鷹司 輔信, 1668 - 1741), third son
    • Fusa (房演, 1670-1737), fourth son – a Monzeki (japanese Buddhist priest) at Sanbō-in
    • Shigaki (信覚, 1674 – 1701), fifth son – a Monzeki (japanese Buddhist priest at Daijō-in
    • Tazuru (田鶴君, d.1683) sixth son
    • Nikken (日顕, d.1690), seventh son - abbot at Zuiryū-ji (Toyama)
    • Eight son
    • Kowaka (小若君, d.1688), ninth son
    • Ryuuson (隆尊, 1691-1764), tenth son – a priest at Daijō-in
    • Ichijo Kaneka (一条 兼香, 12 January 1693 – 21 September 1751), eleventh son – adopted by Ichijo Kanetaru

References edit

  • 鷹司家(摂家) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15. (note: the source claims that a wife of Fusasuke was the "first" head of Chōshū Domain, while actually he was the second.)