Kanroji Chikanaga

Japanese: 甘露寺親長 - かんろじ・ちかなが

Year of death: August 7, 1500 (August 31, 1500)
Year of birth: 1424
A nobleman in the late Muromachi period. His father was the head of the Left Grand Chamberlain, and he served as the governor of Mutsu and Dewa from 1456 to 1493. At the time, the master of inkstones, Sanjonishi Sanetaka, was his nephew, and the noble Nakamikado Nobutane was his son-in-law, and he was involved in the administration of court ceremonies as the practical and cultural center of the noble community. After his residence was burned down in the Onin War (1467-1477), he moved from one place to another, including Kanshuji Temple, Ishiyama-dera Temple, and Kurama-dera Temple, but in 1477 he returned to Kyoto and resumed his service at the Imperial Court, where he guided the courtiers. After resigning as provisional Chunagon in 1465, he did not wish to take up a government position, but in 1492, he was promoted to provisional Dainagon at the strong urging of those around him, but the following year he resigned from all his positions and became a monk in August, taking the post of Buddhist monk under the Buddhist name Renku. There is also an anecdote that during the Kinkaku Incident (1443), he drew his sword to defend himself against the bandits who broke in. He was also skilled in waka poetry, and left behind a diary, "Chikachokyoki." <References> Inoue Muneo, "Research on the History of the Medieval Poetry World: Late Muromachi Period," "Augmented Historical Materials Taisei," Vols. 37-44

(Masaaki Komori)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明応9.8.7(1500.8.31)
生年：応永31(1424)
室町後期の公卿。父は左大弁房長,康正2(1456)年から明応2(1493)年まで陸奥出羽按察使(都護)の任にあった。当時の硯学三条西実隆は甥,公卿の中御門宣胤は娘婿であるなど公家社会の実務的・文化的中心として朝儀の運営に関与した。応仁の乱(1467～77)による邸宅の焼失から勧修寺,石山寺,鞍馬寺などを転々としたが,文明9(1477)年帰京し朝廷へ再び出仕,廷臣の指導に当たった。寛正6(1465)年権中納言辞去以降,官に就くことを望まなかったが,明応1(1492)年周囲の強い勧めで権大納言に昇進したが翌年すべての官を辞し,8月に出家,法名蓮空。禁闕の変(1443)では乱入した賊徒に太刀を抜いて防戦したという逸話も伝わっている。和歌にも長じ,日記『親長卿記』を残している。<参考文献>井上宗雄『中世歌壇史の研究―室町後期』,『増補史料大成』37～44巻

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