Konoe Motomichi

Konoe Motomichi (近衛 基通, 1160 – July 8, 1233) was a Kugyō (high-ranking Japanese official) from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period.

[1][2] His father was Motozane, the founder of Konoe family, and his mother was a daughter of Tadataka.

In 1179, Motomichi was promoted to kampaku, regent, as a result of the coup led by Kiyomori, the father of his stepmother who also his father-in-law.

In February of the following year he took the position of sesshō, regent-ship for Emperor Antoku.

In 1208, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Gyōri (行理).