Takatsukasa Kanehira

• • Period:Kamakura Period
  • Occupation: Dajō daijin / kampaku
  • Family: Konoe Iezane (father) Konoe Kanetsune (brother) Konoe Chōshi (sister)
  • Birth: 1227AD
  • Death: 1294AD

Takatsukasa Kanehira

Takatsukasa Kanehira (鷹司 兼平) was the founder of the Takatsukasa Family, a descendant of the Konoe Family.

Living from 1227 to 1394AD he was the son of Konoe Iezane.¹

In his life he went from the rank of Dajō daijin to kampaku.²

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.

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