Ichijō Kaneka

Who was Ichijō Kaneka?

Ichijō Kaneka, son of regent Takatsukasa Fusasuke and adopted son of regent Kaneteru, was a kugyō of the Edo period of Japan. He held a regent position kampaku from 1737 to 1746. He married a daughter of Asano Tsunanaga, fourth head of Hiroshima Domain, and an adopted daughter of Ikeda Tsunamasa, second head of Okayama Domain. With the latter he had children, among others:

⁕Ichijō Michika

⁕Takatsukasa Mototeru

⁕consort of Tokugawa Munemasa, seventh head of Wakayama Domain

⁕Akiko, consort of Tokugawa Munetada, founding father of Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family

⁕consort of Tokugawa Munemoto, fifth head of Mito Domain

⁕Daigo Kanezumi

⁕consort of Tokugawa Shigeyoshi, founding father of Shimizu-Tokugawa family

He also had a daughter with a commoner, the daughter who later became a consort of Emperor Momozono.