Konoe Motomichi

Konoe Moto Michi (Japanese近卫 基 通; * 1160, † 1233 ), obsolete: Konoye Moto Michi, was a Japanese Sesshō and Kampaku ( Regent ) for three emperors to 1180th

Journey

Konoe Moto Michi was the son of the actual founder of the Konoe branch of the Fujiwara Motozane (近卫 基 実). His mother was a daughter of Fujiwara no Tadataka.

His career at the imperial court began the survey in the following third court rank 1174 The next year he was Gon - Chūnagon (権 中 纳 言; extraordinary medium Cabinet ). . Five years later, the appeal came to Naidaijin, a post from which he yet resigned in the same year when he was Kampaku. Moto Michi was one of the ex- Emperor Go- Shirakawa favorite ( r. 1155-58 ). Until January 1180 he was Kampaku for Takakura, then Sesshō for the 2-year Antoku to 1183 and again from 1184-86 ( for Go- Toba ). Carriage in the following first rank was 1180th During this time, the deposited with great brutality conspiracy against the dominant since 1160 Taira fell. The following uprising became the Genpei War. This Motomichi 1183 left the fleeing westward Emperor and supported in the capital go- Toba. 1196-98 he was again Kanpaku for Tsuchimikado, then to 1202 Sesshō for the same Tennō.

He married Hiraiko (平 位子), with whom he had at least seven children. The eldest son Iezane (近卫 家 実; 1179-1242 ) succeeded him as head of the family and later regent. Several younger sons were high-ranking Buddhist cleric, so ENCHO (1180-1234 ;円 忠) Enjo (円 净) and Jizuchō ( 1190-1263 ,静 忠) in Kōfuku -ji Temple of Hosso a sect in Nara; famous for its warrior monks in the Middle Ages.

Source

• Berend Wispelwey (ed.): Japanese Biographical Archive. Fiche 167, K.G. Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-598-34014-1

• Konoe
• Regent (Japan)
• Born in 1160
• Died in 1233
• Man