Tsuchimikado Ariharu (土御門有春)

Ariharu TSUCHIMIKADO (1501-August 1, 1569) was 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 twenty-ninth family head of the Tsuchimikado family which was Tosho-ke, the hereditary lineage of court nobles occupying relatively high ranks, and the social standing was hange (kuge), kuge of lower rank and the ABE clan.

Career
He was the child of Arinobu TSUCHIMIKADO, Onmyo no kami (Director of the Onmyoryo, or Bureau of Divination), and who attained Junii (Junior Second Rank), non-Councilor. His biological children included Ariyasu TSUCHIMIKADO, Onmyo no kami (Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), non-Councilor) and KAMO no Aritaka (the adopted child of KAMO no Aritomi), Inyoka.

His government service was as Jusanmi, Onmyo no kami (non-Councilor).

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