Konoe Iehiro was a son of Konoe Motohiro and Shinanomiya Tsuneko, and was known as a poet, painter, and calligrapher. He served as kampaku beginning in 1707, as sesshô from 1709 to 1712, and as Daijô daijin beginning in 1710.
References
- Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), Told Round a Brushwood Fire, University of Tokyo Press (1979), 314n69.