Shigenoi Kouryō - Shigenoi Kouryō

He was a nobleman and a member of the court nobility in the mid-Edo period. His pen name was Goshotei. He was the son of Gon Chunagon Jitsuzen. In 1758 (8th year of the Horeki era), he became a councilor and Chunagon, and in 1768 (5th year of the Meiwa era), he became a Gon Dainagon with the rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) and retired from his post. He was knowledgeable about court nobility, and left behind many books, including Kanrei (reports of precedents for various ceremonies) and records of ceremonies held at the time, as well as court nobility books such as Kinpi Misho Kaitei, Kuji Kongen Sho Kaitei, and Jisoushuro, and the diary Kinkazukyoki. He is buried at Tennei-ji Temple in Kita-ku, Kyoto City.

[Sanae Yoshida]

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江戸中期の公家(くげ)、有職故実(ゆうそくこじつ)家。号は五松亭。権中納言(ごんちゅうなごん)実全の子。1758年（宝暦8）参議、中納言を経て68年（明和5）正二位権大納言となり官を辞した。有職故実に詳しく、各種の儀式の先例をまとめた勘例(かんれい)や当時行われた儀式の記録のほか、『禁秘御抄階梯(きんぴみしょうかいてい)』『公事根元鈔楷梯(くじこんげんしょうかいてい)』『滋草拾露(じそうしゅうろ)』などの有職故実書、日記『公麗卿記(きんかずきょうき)』など多数の著書を残す。墓所は京都市北区の天寧(てんねい)寺。

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