Shibayama Nobutoyo (芝山宣豊)

Nobutoyo SHIBAYAMA (formerly Nobutoyo KAJUJI, Minister of the Treasury, April 25, 1612 to March 23, 1690) was a court noble (high court noble) in the early Edo period.

He was the first generation family head of the SHIBAYAMA family (whose social standing was a distinguished family (court noble), illegitimate family lineage of Kajuji of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan), which was under the Tosho Family (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks).

Career

He was the real child of Okiyasu ABE (son of Haretoyo KAJUJI), Uemon no jo (the third ranked official of the Right Division of Outer Palace Guards). He was the adopted son of his uncle Mitsutoyo KAJUJI, Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor of state). Among his real children were Sadatoyo SHIBAYAMA, Nobusuke SHIBAYAMA (samurai of Owari clan), Fusatoyo ABE (samurai of Yunagaya clan), Zuijun CHOTOKUIN (court physician, direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and so on.

His government services included Senior Second Rank, Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor of state).

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