Tsuchimikado Arisue (土御門有脩)

Arisue TSUCHIMIKADO (1527-January 20, 1577) was a Kugyo (top court official) and Inyoka (a practitioner of the Yin and Yang school of philosophy) who lived from the Muromachi Period to the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.

He was the 30th family head of the Tsuchimikado family which was Tosho-ke, or the hereditary lineage of court nobles occupying relatively high ranks, of which the social standing was hange (kuge), kuge of lower rank and the Abe clan.

Career
He was the child of Ariharu TSUCHIMIKADO, Onmyo no kami (Director of the Onmyoryo, or Bureau of Divination), who was also Hisangi (advisor at large), Junii (Junior Second Court Rank). His biological children included Hisanaga TSUCHIMIKADO, Onmyo no kami, Hisangi, Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), and the wife of Haretoyo KAJUJI (the mother of Mitsutoyo KAJUJI), Jun-daijin (Vice Minister).

His government service was as Onmyo no kami, Gyobukyo (Minister of Justice), Jusanmi, Hisangi.

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