Emperor Kōkaku
, son of regent Iehisa, was a "kugyō" or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He held regent positions kampaku from 1757 to 1762 and from 1772 to 1778 and sesshō from 1762 to 1772. He married a daughter of Tokugawa Muneharu, seventh head of Owari Domain, and an adopted daughter of Tokugawa Munetaka, fifth head of Mito Domain. With the former he had a son Konoe Tsunehiro, and with the latter he adopted a daughter who was later a consort of Date Shigemura, seventh head of Sendai Domain. He was also the father of Konoe Koreko, a Court Lady of Emperor Go-Momozono and adopting mother of Emperor Kōkaku.