Takatsukasa Sukenobu

Takatsukasa Sukenobu (鷹司 輔信, 1668 - 1741), son of regent Fusasuke, was a kugyo or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). While he did not hold any court positions, he had at least two daughters; Yaehime (1689–1746), adopted by shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, married a head of Mito-Tokugawa Tokugawa Yoshizane, and the other (?-1739) married the fifth head of the Chōshū Domain Mori Yoshihiro. He was brother-in-law of Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Takatsukasa.

References
  • 鷹司家（摂家） (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15.


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