Konoe Motohiro

, Tajimaru (多治丸) in his childhood, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1690 to 1703. Early life He was a son of regent Konoe Hisatsugu and a concubine. Motohiro was not considered a legitimate member at first, but his father Hisatsugu and his wife, Princess Shoshi, a daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, had no child and Hisatsu died in Motohiro's childhood. Thus by an imperial order from Go-Mizunoo, Motohiro was installed in the Konoe lineage, and grew up under imperial protection. In 1654 he performed his genpuku ceremony and entered adulthood and therefore courtier life. In 1664 he married Princess Joshi, another daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and his consort. With her he had a son, Iehiro, and a daughter, Hiroko, who was a consort of Tokugawa Ienobu, the 6th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. Family Parents Father: Konoe Hisatsugu (近衛 尚嗣, 1622 – 1653) Mother: Lady Yorin-in (瑤林院), a court lady Consorts and issues: Wife: Imperial Princess Tsuneko (常子内親王; 8 April 1642 – 17 September 1702), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo Konoe Hiroko (30 April 1666 – 13 April 1741), Wife of Tokugawa Ienobu, first daughter Konoe Iehiro (近衛 家熈, 24 July 1667 – 5 November 1736), first son Ōinomika Nobuname (大炊御門信名, 26 Mai 1669 – 20 November 1684), second son Unknown concubine Konoe Kanmori (近衛寛守, 1713 –1730), third son Konoe Shūsi (近衞脩子), Wife of Prince Kan'in-no-miya Naohito (閑院宮直仁親王), second daughter