Kanroji Kuninaga (甘露寺国長)

Kuninaga KANROJI (October 17, 1771 - July 20, 1837) was a Kugyo (court noble) in the late Edo period. His father was Kazunaga KANROJI. His lawful wife was a daughter of Naganobu SEKI and second wife was a daughter of Tamefumi REIZEI. His sons were Harunaga KANROJI, Narunaga KANJORI, and Sukesue OGURA; one of his daughters married Korekazu TAKENOUCHI and another daughter, Kiyoko KANROJI, was Naishi no suke (a court lady of the first rank) of Emperor Ninko; he also had an adopted daughter, a daughter of Harutaka NIJO who was later adopted by Naomasa NABESHIMA and married Naotomo NABESHIMA.

In 1813, Kuninaga was appointed to Kamo Denso (Kamo-jinja Shrine messenger to Emperor) for both Shimogamo and Kamigamo-jinja Shrine, and in 1814, he was promoted to Shonii Gon Dainagon (Senior Second Rank, Provisional Chief Councilor of State), which he resigned in 1819. He was appointed to Buke Tenso (liaison officers between the Imperial Court and the military government) in 1822 and to Juichii (Junior First Rank) in 1824; he resigned Buke Tenso in 1836.

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