《Public Affairs》 - Lottery

...His reign spanned the years from Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu through Ietsugu to Yoshimune, and relations with the Imperial Court and the Shogunate continued to be good, as in the previous era, and the year after his accession to the throne, he saw the founding of Kan'innomiya at the request of the Shogunate. He had a deep interest in court ceremonies, and wrote books such as "Kuji Burui," which excerpted and classified accounts of court ceremonies from ancient records. He was also a man of many talents, skilled in music, waka poetry, and calligraphy, and was particularly adept at playing the flute, and there is an anecdote that even foxes would come near the wooden floor of the palace to listen to its sound. ...

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…その在位は将軍徳川家宣から家継を経て吉宗にわたる年代に当たり，朝幕の関係も前代にひき続き良好で，即位の翌年には幕府の奏請によって閑院宮の創立をみている。朝儀に対する関心が深く，古記録から朝儀の記事を抄出，分類した《公事部類》その他の撰著もある。また多才で，管絃，和歌，書道をよくし，ことに笛はたんのうで，その音色にはキツネも御殿のすのこ近くにやって来て，聞き入っていたという逸話も伝えられている。…

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