Kujō Michitaka

Kujō Michitaka (九条 道孝, June 11, 1839 – January 4, 1906), son of regent Kujō Hisatada and adopted son of his brother, Kujō Yukitsune, was a kuge or Japanese court noble of the late Edo period and politician of the early Meiji era who served as a member of the House of Peers. One of his daughters, Sadako married Emperor Taishō. He was the maternal grandfather of Emperor Showa.

Kujō Michitaka
Kujō Michitaka
Head of Kujō family
Reign	1859–1906
Predecessor	Kujō Yukitsune
Successor	Kujō Michizane
Minister of the Left
Reign	1867–1869
Predecessor	Konoe Tadafusa
Successor	Shimazu Hisamitsu
Born	(1839-06-11)June 11, 1839
Died	January 4, 1906(1906-01-04) (aged 66)
Issue	Kujo Noriko, Consort of Prince Yamashina Kikumaro Wife of Ōtani Kōzui Empress Teimei
House	Kujō family
Father	Kujō Hisatada Foster Father: Kujō Yukitsune
Mother	Karahashi Meiko

In the bakumatsu period, Kujō supported the Shogunate policy as one of highest courtier of the imperial court and hence lost the power at the very beginning of Meiji restoration when the annihilation of the Shogunate was announced on 1868-01-03. His right to show at the imperial court was halted. Soon later in the same year he was rehabilitated and appointed of the clan master of Fujiwara clan.

During the Boshin War, he had nominal leadership of the imperial army's Northern Pacification Command (奥羽鎮撫総督府), and spent the latter part of the war in northern Japan.

He was elevated to princedom in 1869 as the family head of Kujō family, when the Meiji government founded Kazoku peerage system.