Senge Takatomi Explained

人名:千家 尊福
各国語表記:せんげ たかとみ
画像:Takatomi Senge 01.jpg
画像サイズ:240px
画像説明:大礼服で正装した千家
生年月日:1845年9月7日
弘化2年8月6日)
出生地: 出雲国
(現・島根県
前職:神道大社教管長
所属政党:(研究会→)
木曜会
称号・勲章:正二位
勲一等旭日大綬章
男爵
子女:千家元麿(長男・庶子)
千家鯱丸(三男・庶子)
千家哲麿(六男)
親族(政治家):伏原宣明(義祖父)
千家尊澄(父)
千家尊統(婿養子)
千家紀彦(孫)
千家国麿(玄孫)
尾崎洵盛(娘婿)
国旗:JPN
職名:第14代 司法大臣
内閣:第1次西園寺内閣
就任日:1908年3月25日
退任日:1908年7月14日
国旗2:東京都
職名2:第17代 東京府知事
就任日2:1898年11月12日
退任日2:1908年3月25日
国旗3:静岡県
職名3:第4代 静岡県知事
就任日3:1897年4月7日
退任日3:1898年7月16日
国旗4:埼玉県
職名4:第4代 埼玉県知事
就任日4:1894年1月20日
退任日4:1897年4月7日
国旗5:JPN
職名5:貴族院議員
選挙区5:貴族院男爵議員
当選回数5:4回
就任日5:1890年7月10日 – 1897年7月9日
1897年7月10日 – 1904年7月9日
1904年7月10日 – 1911年7月9日
1911年7月10日
退任日5:1918年1月3日
Birth Date:7 September 1845
Death Date:3 January 1918

Baron Takatomi Senge was a Japanese priest and politician. He served as governor of two prefectures, Governor of Tokyo from 1898 – 1908, and in the House of Peers.

He was an organizer of the 1907 Tokyo Industrial Exhibition.[1] [2]

He was a Shinto Priest and the founder of Izumo-taishakyo, and the 80th high priest of Izumo-taisha[3] [4] (an eightieth generation descendant of the first Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko).[5]

He founded the a Japanese political faction dedicated to representing the interests of barons over higher nobility.

Ancestry

See main article: Izumo-taisha.

The descendants of, the second son of, the sun goddess whose first son is the ancestor of the imperial family, have been, in the name of or governor of Izumo, taking over rituals because when Izumo-taisha was founded Amenohohi-no-mikoto rendered service to Okuninushi-no-kami. The family's conflict around 1340 made them separated into two lineages, and .[6]

In 1871, Izumo-taisha was designated as an Imperial-associated shrine and the government sent a new administrator so Izumo kokuso families were no more the administrators of Izumo-taisha. So Senge's father was exiled and Takatomi Senge never managed to be high priest of the shrine.

Senge reorganized the traditions of Izumo Taisha under the organization Izumo-taishakyo and was instrumental in the development of Sect Shinto.

It was only in 1947 under the Allied Occupation of Japan that the Senge family managed to become high priests of Izumo Taisha again., the 83rd-generation Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko of Senge lineage, was chosen to be the chief priest of Izumo-taisha in 1947. He died in February 2002 at the age of 89.

Political offices

Senge held many political offices in his life. He was a member of Japan's House of Peers, a group of nobles who were like the British House of Lords. He was also the Governor of Saitama Prefecture from 1894 to 1897, the Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture from 1897 to 1898, the Governor of Tokyo from 1898 to 1908 and the Minister of Justice in 1908.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Far Eastern Review: Engineering commerce, finance . 1906 .
  2. Web site: Baron Senge Takatomi, President of the Tokyo Industrial Exhibition Support Association; Ozaki Yukio, Vice-President; Baron Sone Arasuke, Chief Examiner of the Tokyo Industrial Exhibition | EDO-TOKYO MUSEIUM Digital Archives .
  3. Book: Miller, R.A. . 現代日本文読本: Graded Lessons for Mastering the Written Language . 1962 . Tuttle Publishing . 9780804816472 . 115 . 2015-01-01.
  4. Book: Teeuwen, M. . Shinto, a Short History . Breen, J. . Inoue, N. . Mori, M. . 2003 . RoutledgeCurzon . 9780415311793 . 177 . 2015-01-01.
  5. Web site: Senge Takatomi | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム .
  6. "Japantimes – Princess Noriko to wed" http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/27/national/princess-noriko-to-wed-son-of-izumo-taisha-chief-priest/#.VC_BNCjLZ5g, Tokyo, 27 May 2014. Retrieved on 4 October 2014