Konoe Motomichi

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.

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).

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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.


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