Emperor Ninkō was the 120th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Ninkō's reign spanned the years from 1817 through 1846.
Oeyo (於江与), Gō (江), Ogō (小督) or Satoko (達子) : 1573 – September 15, 1626) was a prominently-placed female figure in late-Sengoku period. She married three times, first to Saji Kazunari, her cousin, then to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew, Toyotomi Hashiba Hidekatsu. She had a daughter with Hidekatsu named Toyotomi Sadako later married Kujō Yukiie. Her third and last husband Tokugawa Hidetada became the second Tokugawa shōgun. She was also the mother of his successor Iemitsu, the third shōgun. She had Senhime, Tamahime, Katsuhime, Hatsuhime, Takechiyo (Iemitsu), and Tadanaga. Hatsuhime was adopted by Oeyo's sister Ohatsu, who is the wife of Kyōgoku Takatsugu.
Takatsukasa clan was a Japanese aristocratic kin group. The Takatsukasa was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.
Takatsukasa Kanehira, fourth son of Konoe Iezane, was a court noble (kugyo) of the Kamakura period of Japan, and founding father of the Takatsukasa family. His sons include Kanetada and Mototada.
Takatsukasa Kanetada, son of Kanehira, was a court noble (kugyo) of the Kamakura period. He held the regent positions of Kampaku from 1296 to 1298 and Sessho since 1298. In 1301 he retired and became a priest. Regent Fuyuhira was his son. His other sons include: Fuyutsune and Motonori; they did not become kampaku or sessho. Also, Motonori was Fuyutsune's adopted son.
Takatsukasa Mototada, son of Kanehira, was a court noble (kugyo) of the Kamakura period. He held the regent position of Kampaku from 1268 to 1273. Fuyuhira was his adopted son.
Takatsukasa Nobufusa was a court noble (kuge) of the early Edo period. Born to Nijo Haruyoshi and adopted by Takatsukasa Tadafuyu he revived the lineage of the Takatsukasa family. In 1606 he was appointed Kampaku, a regent position which he left two years later. In 1657 he died at age 93. With a daughter of the daimyō Sassa Narimasa, he had a son, Nobuhisa, and a daughter, Takako, who married Tokugawa Iemitsu at 1623.
Takatsukasa Fusahira, son of Fuyuie, was kugyo or highest-ranking Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). He held a regent position Kampaku from 1454 to 1455. Regent Masahira was his son.
Takatsukasa Fuyuie, son of Fuyumichi, was kugyo or highest-ranking Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). Unlike other members of the family he did not hold a regent position kampaku. Regent Fusahira was his son.
Takatsukasa Fuyumichi, son of Morohira, was kugyo or highest-ranking Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). He held a regent position Kampaku from 1367 to 1369. Fuyuie was his son. His daughter married Ichijō Tsunetsugu.
Takatsukasa Fuyuhira, son of Kanetada and adopted son of Mototada, was kugyo or highest-ranking Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Morohira was his son. Fuyunori was his adopted son. He held court positions as follows:
Takatsukasa Fuyunori, son of Mototada, was kugyo or highest-ranking Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Fuyuhira adopted him as a son. Morohira was his adopted son. He held a regent position Kampaku from 1330 to 1333.
Takatsukasa Norihira, son of Nobuhisa, was a kugyo or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). He did not hold regent positions kampaku and sessho. Fusasuke was his son. His other son Kujō Kaneharu was adopted by the Kujō family. His daughter was Midaidokoro of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Takatsukasa Nobuko
Takatsukasa Hiromichi, son of Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of Takatsukasa Sukehiro, was a kazoku Duke of the Meiji period who served in Imperial Japanese Army. Nobusuke and Nobuhiro were his sons.
Duke Nobusuke Takatsukasa, son of Hiromichi, was a Japanese politician of the Meiji period (1868–1912) who served as a member of House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. Nobuhiro was his brother, and Toshimichi was his son.
Kujō Kaneharu, son of Takatsukasa Norihira and adopted son of regent Michifusa, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). Unlike other members of the family, he did not hold regent positions kampaku and sesshō. He married a daughter of Kujō Michifusa.
Matsudaira Yorishige was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the Takamatsu Domain. Yorishige was the first son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, and Tokugawa Mitsukuni was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa, the first Tokugawa daimyō of Mito Domain; this made him the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Kazuko Takatsukasa, formerly Kazuko, Princess Taka, was the third daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was an elder sister to the present Emperor of Japan, Emperor Akihito. She married Toshimichi Takatsukasa on 21 May 1950. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by law.
