Konoe Nobutada

Tenjin Crossing the Ocean to China

• Birth: 1565
• Death: 1614
• Titles: Saidaijin, Kampaku (1605)
• Other names: Konôe Nobusuke, Nobumoto
• Son: Nobuhiro (adopted; 1593-1643)
• Distinction: Imperial regent

Nobutada was the son of Konôe Sakihisa. He was named the Saidaijin and when he learned that Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned to name himself various noted ranks, pointed out that he would require Fujiwara blood to do as he wished - to which Hideyoshi replied by being adopted by Sakihisa (becoming Nobutada's elder brother in the process). Nobutada angered Hideyoshi by being too eager to join the Korean Invasions and was exiled to Satsuma province in 1594 for two years. He was later allowed to return and was named Kampaku in 1605 and adopted as heir as son of Emperor Go-Yôzei.

A noted man of culture and especially of prose, Nobutada is known especially for numerous calligraphic monochrome paintings of Tenjin. Previously known as Nobusuke, he took on the name Konôe Nobutada after 1602.

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005