Because of the lack of a family heir during the early Edo period, the fourth son of Emperor Goyozei was adopted by his maternal uncle, Nobutada KONOE, and became the head of the Konoe family as Nobuhiro KONOE.
江戸時代初期に嗣子を欠いたため、後陽成天皇の第四皇子が母方の叔父・近衛信尹の養子となり近衛信尋として近衛家を継いだ。