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A few centuries later, [[Konoe Tadahiro]] adopted [[Atsu-hime]], a daughter of the [[Shimazu clan]], and both Konoe and Shimazu benefited from the relationship between their families in their efforts to retain wealth and power through the chaos surrounding the [[Meiji Restoration]].

A few centuries later, [[Konoe Tadahiro]] adopted [[Atsu-hime]], a daughter of the [[Shimazu clan]], and both Konoe and Shimazu benefited from the relationship between their families in their efforts to retain wealth and power through the chaos surrounding the [[Meiji Restoration]].

The Konoe family mansion burned down on [[1675]]/11/25, but five household managers braved the flames to secure a number of family treasures and archival documents; in part due to their efforts, roughly 200,000 documents survive today in the family archive.<ref>Segawa Seigle, 10-11.</ref>

The Konoe family mansion burned down on [[1675]]/11/25, but five household managers braved the flames to secure a number of family treasures and archival documents; in part due to their efforts, roughly 200,000 documents survive today in the family archive in Kyoto, which is known as the [[Yomei bunko|Yômei bunko]].<ref>Segawa Seigle, 10-11, 23.</ref>

==Selected Members of the Konoe family==

==Selected Members of the Konoe family==