Konoe Iehisa

Who was Konoe Iehisa?

Konoe Iehisa, son of regent Iehiro, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period. He held a regent position kampaku from 1726 to 1736. He had two consorts: daughters of Shimazu Tsunataka and Shimazu Yoshitaka, third and fourth heads of the Satsuma Domain, respectively. With the latter he had a son Konoe Uchisaki and two daughters who were consorts of Tokugawa Munechika, ninth head of Owari Domain, and Tokugawa Munetake, fonder of Tayasu-Tokugawa.