Takatsukasa Masamichi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Takatsukasa.

Takatsukasa Masamichi (鷹司 政通, 22 August 1789 – 29 November 1868) was a Japanese court noble of the late Edo period. He held the regent position of kampaku from 1823–1856.

Biography

Masamichi was born the son of regent Takatsukasa Masahiro.

He served as kampaku from 1823–1856. In 1856, at the Ansei Purge, he was prosecuted and later became a priest.

Family

He had a son, Sukehiro, with the daughter of the seventh head of Mito Domain Tokugawa Harutoshi. One of his daughters married the 13th head of Tokushima Domain Hachisuka Narihiro.

References

• 鷹司家（摂家） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
• Japanese Wikipedia