Education
He graduated from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University.
武者小路 公共
He graduated from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University.
Mushanokōji was the third son in the 10th generation of aristocratic Mushanokōji family and born in Kōjimachi, Chiyoda, Japan. From 1929 to 1933 served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and non-resident Ambassador to Finland, and in that capacity signed on behalf of the Japanese government the Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Laws (April 12, 1930). Served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1934 to 1937, and in that capacity signed the Anti-Communist International Pact as representative of Japan.
He was also a Viscount.
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) 1933. After the Second World War, he was purged from public office by the occupation authorities.
From 1952 to 1955 served as chairman of the Japanese-German Society.