Shijō Takachika

Shijō Takachika (1202–1279) was a Kamakura-period court noble and waka poet, the fourth head of the Shijō house and the second son of Shijō Takahira. He rose through court office to become grand councillor in 1250. When Emperor Shijō died in 1242, the Kamakura shogunate placed Prince Kunihito on the throne as Emperor Go-Saga at Takachika's residence, where his wife had nursed the prince.

He resigned in 1260 but returned as grand councillor in 1276 after quarrelling with his heir Takaaki, and died in 1279.