Kujō Michitaka

Kujō Michitaka (九条 道孝, June 11, 1839 – January 4, 1906), son of regent Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of his brother, Kujō Yukitsune, was a kuge or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period and politician of the early Meiji era who served as a member of the House of Peers. One of his daughters, Sadako married Emperor Taishō.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kujō.
Kujō Michitaka
Kujō Michitaka
Head of Kujō family
Reign1859-1906
PredecessorKujō Yukitsune
SuccessorKujō Michizane
Minister of the Left
Reign1867-1869
PredecessorKonoe Tadafusa
SuccessorShimazu Hisamitsu
Born(1839-06-11)June 11, 1839
DiedJanuary 4, 1906(1906-01-04) (aged 66)
IssueKujo Noriko, Consort of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Wife of Ōtani Kōzui
Empress Teimei
HouseKujō family
FatherKujō Hisatada
Foster Father: Kujō Yukitsune
MotherKarahashi Meiko

In the bakumatsu period, Kujō supported the Shogunate policy as one of highest courtier of the imperial court and hence lost the power at the very beginning of Meiji restoration when the annihilation of the Shogunate was announced on 1868-01-03. His right to show at the imperial court was halted. Soon later in the same year he was rehabilitated and appointed of the clan master of Fujiwara clan.

During the Boshin War, he had nominal leadership of the imperial army's Northern Pacification Command (奥羽鎮撫総督府), and spent the latter part of the war in northern Japan.

He was elevated to princedom in 1869 as the family head of Kujō family, when the Meiji government found Kazoku peerage system.

Family
  • Father: Kujō Hisatada
  • Mother: Karahashi Meiko (1796–1881)
  • Foster Father: Kujō Yukitsune (1823–1859)
  • Wife: Sō Kazuko
  • Concubine: Noma Ikuko
  • Children:

Ancestry

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References
  1. "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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