Konoe Nobuhiro
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Konoe Nobuhiro (近衛 信尋? 1599-1649), Ōzan (応山) as a monk, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He was born as the forth son of Emperor Go-Yōzei. His mother was Empress Dowager Chūka, Konoe Sakiko in birth. Nobuhiro was adopted to Konoe Nobutada, his maternal uncle, since Nobutada had no legitimate heir.
He held his genpuku ceremony in 1606 and was promoted to higher positions respectively. He held a regent position kampaku from 1623 to 1629. In 1645 he became a monk. After his death, he was buried into his family's tomb at Daitoku-ji.
It is obscure who was his wife. Three children of him are recorded. Hisatsugu was his son and heir. Another son became a priest at Kajū-ji (勧修寺) and titled Kanshun (寛俊). A daughter of his was a consort of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, second head of the Mito Domain.
