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*''Born: [[1802]]''

*''Born: [[1802]]''

*''Died: [[1859]]''

*''Died: [[1859]]/10/6''

*''Japanese'': [[三条]] 実万 ''(Sanjô Sanetsumu)''

*''Japanese'': [[三条]] 実万 ''(Sanjô Sanetsumu)''

Sanjô Sanetsumu was a [[kuge|court noble]] prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]]. The head of the [[Sanjo family|Sanjô family]], he is perhaps best known as the father of [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]], and held the post of ''zôdaijin'' until [[1854]], when he was succeeded by Sanetomi.

Sanjô Sanetsumu was a [[kuge|court noble]] prominent in the [[Bakumatsu period]]. The head of the [[Sanjo family|Sanjô family]], he is perhaps best known as the father of [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]], and held the post of ''zôdaijin'' until [[1854]], when he was succeeded by Sanetomi.

Sanetsumu served for many years alongside [[Bojo Toshiaki|Bôjô Toshiaki]] as ''[[buke tenso|buke tensô]]'', one of the imperial court's official liaisons to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. After numerous requests to be permitted to retire from his official positions at court, Sanetsumu was finally granted retirement on [[1858]]/3/21. [[Ichijo Tadaka|Ichijô Tadaka]] then took his place as [[Naidaijin]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2, 531.</ref>

Sanetsumu served for many years alongside [[Bojo Toshiaki|Bôjô Toshiaki]] as ''[[buke tenso|buke tensô]]'', one of the imperial court's official liaisons to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. After numerous requests to be permitted to retire from his official positions at court, Sanetsumu was finally granted retirement on [[1858]]/3/21. [[Ichijo Tadaka|Ichijô Tadaka]] then took his place as [[Naidaijin]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2, 531.</ref> Later that year, Sanetsumu retired to Kôzuya village to the south of Kyoto.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3, 119.</ref> In [[1859]], he was then granted permission to take the tonsure (becoming a Buddhist monk in his retirement) and was sentenced to house confinement.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 163.</ref> When Sanetsumu fell severely ill, the imperial court suggested that he be released and promoted in court rank in recognition of his long years of service; he died shortly afterwards, on 1859/10/6.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 223.</ref>

[[Nashinoki Shrine]], established in [[1885]] and located just outside the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], was dedicated in 1915 to the deified spirits of Sanetsumu and his son Sanetomi.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nashinoki Shrine, Kyoto.</ref> A set of fifteen handscroll paintings was similarly commissioned by the imperial court in [[1904]] from court painter [[Tanaka Yubi|Tanaka Yûbi]] chronicling Sanetsumu's accomplishments across his career.<ref>Gallery labels, "[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/sannomaru/tenrankai66.html The two people who supported Emperor Meiji - Sanjo Sanetomi and Iwakura Tomomi - an account of the late Edo period to the Meiji Restoration in biographical picture scrolls]," The Museum of the Imperial Collections, [[Sannomaru Shozokan|Sannomaru Shôzôkan]], September 2014.</ref>

[[Nashinoki Shrine]], established in [[1885]] and located just outside the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]], was dedicated in 1915 to the deified spirits of Sanetsumu and his son Sanetomi.<ref>Plaques on-site at Nashinoki Shrine, Kyoto.</ref> A set of fifteen handscroll paintings was similarly commissioned by the imperial court in [[1904]] from court painter [[Tanaka Yubi|Tanaka Yûbi]] chronicling Sanetsumu's accomplishments across his career.<ref>Gallery labels, "[http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/event/sannomaru/tenrankai66.html The two people who supported Emperor Meiji - Sanjo Sanetomi and Iwakura Tomomi - an account of the late Edo period to the Meiji Restoration in biographical picture scrolls]," The Museum of the Imperial Collections, [[Sannomaru Shozokan|Sannomaru Shôzôkan]], September 2014.</ref>