Background
Michiie Kujo was born in 1193. He was the eldest son of Regent Kujo Yoritsune and grandson of Kujo Kanezane (also known as Fujiwara no Kanezane).
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Michiie Kujo was born in 1193. He was the eldest son of Regent Kujo Yoritsune and grandson of Kujo Kanezane (also known as Fujiwara no Kanezane).
In 1219, Michiie Kujo offered an emakimono named "Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki" (Illustrated Scroll of the History of the Kitano Shrine) to the Kitano shrine. He gave an enlarged version of the history to the Kitano shrine in 1223.
Michiie Kujo served the two Emperors Tsuchimikado and Juntoku, first as Gonchunagon (vice-minister), then as General of Left Guards, Minister of Left and finally as Regent (1221). He was dismissed from service for his complicity in Jokyu-no-Ran, but in 1228 was reinstated as Kampaku (adviser to Emperor) and in 1235 was brought back as Regent. Later he resigned and became a priest under the name Gyoe.