Kujō Kanetaka

Japanese noble (1553 – 1636)

Kujō Kanetaka (九条 兼孝, 25 December 1553 – 23 February 1636), son of Nijō Haruyoshi and adopted son of regent Tanemichi, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1568–1603) and Edo periods (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1578 to 1581 and from 1600 to 1604. Yukiie was his son.

Family

• Father: Nijō Haruyoshi
• Foster father: Kujō Tanemichi
• Mother: Fushimi-no-miya-Iko
• Wife: Takakura Hiroko
• Children (all by Takakura Hiroko):
  • Kujō Yukiie
  • son (増孝, 1569-1644)
  • daughter married Prince Hachijō Toshihito

References

• ネケト. 九条家（摂家） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.