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*''Born: [[1648]]''
*''Born: [[1648]]''
*''Died: [[1722]]''
*''Died: [[1722]]''
*''Japanese'': [[近衛]]基熙 ''(Konoe Motohiro)''
Konoe Motohiro was a [[kuge|court noble]] and antiquarian, the head of the [[Konoe family]]. He was a son-in-law of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and father-in-law of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ienobu]]. Konoe was named [[Minister of the Left]] in [[1677]], ''[[Kampaku]]'' in [[1690]], and ''[[Dajo daijin|Dajô daijin]]'' in [[1709]].
Konoe Motohiro was a [[kuge|court noble]] and antiquarian, the head of the [[Konoe family]]. He was a son-in-law of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] and father-in-law of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ienobu]]. Konoe was named [[Minister of the Left]] in [[1677]], ''[[Kampaku]]'' in [[1690]], and ''[[Dajo daijin|Dajô daijin]]'' in [[1709]].
The position of ''kanpaku'' (imperial regent) rotated among the ''[[gosekke]]'' (the five top noble houses), and in [[1682]], when ''kanpaku'' [[Takatsukasa Fusasuke]] resigned, Motohiro was the obvious candidate to succeed him, according to the rotation; however, he was passed over in favor of [[Minister of the Right]] [[Ichijo Fuyutsune|Ichijô Fuyutsune]], whether because of Reigen's attitudes towards Motohiro, or for some other reason. He finally was appointed ''kanpaku'', however, in [[1690]], and he and his family began to assume a somewhat more extravagant quality of life, attending fewer events sponsored by the Imperial Court, and instead sponsoring more events themselves. These events included performances of [[Noh]], ''[[kyogen|kyôgen]]'', [[Tale of the Heike]] [[biwa hoshi|chanting]], and other forms of music and dance, and Motohiro permitted not only elites, but also his own household staff, servants of other households, and even other commoners, to attend. By virtue of his upbringing and life as a court noble, Motohiro was skilled in a number of the classical arts, as was his wife; he is said to have been particularly proficient in playing the ''[[koto]]''.
The position of ''kanpaku'' (imperial regent) rotated among the ''[[gosekke]]'' (the five top noble houses), and in [[1682]], when ''kanpaku'' [[Takatsukasa Fusasuke]] resigned, Motohiro was the obvious candidate to succeed him, according to the rotation; however, he was passed over in favor of [[Minister of the Right]] [[Ichijo Fuyutsune|Ichijô Fuyutsune]], whether because of Reigen's attitudes towards Motohiro, or for some other reason. He finally was appointed ''kanpaku'', however, in [[1690]], and he and his family began to assume a somewhat more extravagant quality of life, attending fewer events sponsored by the Imperial Court, and instead sponsoring more events themselves. These events included performances of [[Noh]], ''[[kyogen|kyôgen]]'', [[Tale of the Heike]] [[biwa hoshi|chanting]], and other forms of music and dance, and Motohiro permitted not only elites, but also his own household staff, servants of other households, and even other commoners, to attend. By virtue of his upbringing and life as a court noble, Motohiro was skilled in a number of the classical arts, as was his wife; he is said to have been particularly proficient in playing the ''[[koto]]''.
His diary survives in a manuscript copy in the Konoe family archives, the [[Yomei bunko|Yômei bunko]], in Kyoto, and in a copy of that manuscript known as ''Motohirokô ki'' and held at the [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]] at the [[University of Tokyo]].
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