Konoe (近衛) is a Japanese aristocratic family.[1] The family is a branch of Hokke and,[2] by extension, a main branch of the Fujiwara clan.[3]
^Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Konoe," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 24; retrieved 2013-8-13.
^Cite error: The named reference amimoto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Go-sekke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 260.
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