Tokudaiji Kinkiyo (徳大寺公清)
Kinkiyo TOKUDAIJI (1312 - July 29, 1360) was a kugyo (court noble) who lived from the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (in Japan). His father was Sanetaka TOKUDAIJI, Chunagon (vice-councilor of state). His mother was the daughter of Kinsuke SAIONJI, Daijo-daijin (grand minister of state). Sanetoki TOKUDAIJI, Daijo-daijin, was his son. The wife of Tomomichi KOGA, Daijo-daijin, was his daughter.
He was conferred to a peerage in 1316. After that, in 1326 he became Chugu Gon no daibu (a provisional master of the consort's household) to Kishi SAIONJI, chugu (the 2nd consort) of Emperor Godaigo, after assuming a post in Mimasaka Province, a post at Konoefu (the headquarters of the inner palace guards) and another post at Konoefu. In 1327, he was appointed to Sangi (councilor), becoming a kugyo. When Kishi SAIONJI became Empress Dowager in 1333, he became Kotaigo Gon no daibu (provisional master of the Kotaigo's household), but resigned the post when she died in the same year. In 1336, he became Togu no daibu (master of the Crown Prince's quarters) to Imperial Crown Prince Tsuneyoshi, but resigned the post in the next year. In 1338, he became Dainagon (chief councilor of state). In 1343, he was appointed to a post at Konoefu and a post at Meryo (the section that takes care of the imperial horses) and to Dainagon. In 1346, he was appointed to Naidaijin (minister of the Interior), but resigned Ukone no daisho (major captain of the right division of inner palace guards) and Naidaijin in the same year. He was awarded Juichii (Junior First Rank) in 1356.