Saionji Kinhira

He was a nobleman in the late Kamakura period. His father was Daijo-daijin Sanekane. His mother was Naidaijin Nakain Michinari's daughter Akiko. He was called Chikurin-in Nyudo Sadaijin. After serving as chamberlain and Sachujo, he was promoted to Junior Third Rank in 1276 (Kenji 2), Gon Chunagon in 1283 (Kōan 6), Gon Dainagon in 1288 (Shoō ​​1), Naidaijin in 1298 (Einin 6), and Udaijin in 1299 (Shoan 1). In the same year, he succeeded his father Sanekane as Kanto Moushitsugi. He was promoted to Sadaijin in 1309 (Enkei 2), but resigned from his position that same year and became a monk in 1311 (Ochō 1) (under the Buddhist name Seisho). During the period of the alternating succession of the two imperial lines, he was close to the Daikakuji line, but he also took actions that displeased Emperor Kameyama and Emperor Go-Uda, which led to a period when he was close to the Jimyoin line, making his political position somewhat unstable. His diary, "Konko-Koki" (owned by the Imperial Household Agency Archives and Mausolea Department), is a valuable historical document that conveys the state of negotiations between the Imperial Court and the military in the late Kamakura period. He is also known for creating the "Kasuga Gongen Genki Emaki" scroll and donating it to Kasuga Shrine. He died on September 25, 1315 (Showa 4).

[Kazuhiko Uesugi]

"The Kamakura Period, Part 2" by Ryusaku (1957, Shunjusha) " The Relations between the Imperial Court and the Shogunate in the Kamakura Period" by Mori Shigeaki (1991, Shibunkaku Publishing)

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鎌倉後期の公卿(くぎょう)。父は太政大臣実兼。母は内大臣中院通成の女(むすめ)顕子。竹林院入道左大臣と称される。侍従・左中将を経て、1276年（建治2）に従三位となり、1283年（弘安6）権中納言(ごんのちゅうなごん)、1288年（正応1）権大納言、1298年（永仁6）内大臣、1299年（正安1）右大臣。同年父実兼の跡を受けて関東申次(もうしつぎ)となる。1309年（延慶2）に左大臣に昇進したが、同年中に官を辞し、11年（応長1）に出家した（法名静勝）。両統迭立(てつりつ)期においては、大覚寺統に近い立場にありながら、亀山院・後宇多院の不興を買う事態を招く行動をとったために持明院統に接近する時期もあり、その政治的地位はやや不安定であった。彼の日記『公衡公記』（宮内庁書陵部所蔵）は、鎌倉時代後期の公武交渉の状況を伝える貴重な史料である。また、『春日権現験記絵巻』を制作し春日社に寄進したことで知られる。1315年（正和4）9月25日没。

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『竜粛著『鎌倉時代　下』（1957・春秋社）』▽『森茂暁著『鎌倉時代の朝幕関係』（1991・思文閣出版）』

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