The 21st Regent of the Konoe family and Minister of the Grand Council of State, born in 1667. Born in 1667. He was also known as Shinkaku, Kyoshu, and Monogairo no Shujin. Son of Motoi. In 1705, he was appointed as a chief priest of the Kanpaku clan, and in 1709, he was appointed as a regent and minister of state. He was well versed in Japanese and Chinese studies and in the secrets of the occult, and he was also an expert on the six great Tang classics. He was also well versed in calligraphy, flowers, and incense, and especially in the tea ceremony. He is said to have been one of the three most famous writers of the Kan’ei period, and was the fourth generation of the Yorakuin lineage.
The Keiki (槐記) was written by Yamashina Michiyasu, Yorakuin’s physician, whenever he visited Yorakuin. It was first called “Keishita yokon”. The first seven volumes of the first part and four volumes of the second part. The original is lost, and several copies exist. There are two published editions: Shiryotaikanbon and Saeki Taitaro Annotatedbon, and it is also included in the fifth volume of the “Complete Collection of Tea Ceremony Classics. It is considered to be an extremely valuable source of information on the history of the tea ceremony, with the largest number of articles on tea as well as flowers and incense, and illustrations added. The Yorakuin’s “Ie-no-chakai-ki” from 1713 or 1736 is in the collection of the Yomei Bunko.
