Background
Takeya Mitsuaki was born in 1837 in Kyoto, Japan. He was the son of Viscount Mitsuari.
光昭 竹屋
Takeya Mitsuaki was born in 1837 in Kyoto, Japan. He was the son of Viscount Mitsuari.
Takeya served for a while as a court councilor to Emperor Komei. After the Meiji Restoration (1868) he was appointed commissioner for the poetry bureau of the Imperial Court and chief conductor.