Takashina no Mineo

Takashina no Mineo was an early Heian aristocrat, the son of Prince Iwami and great-grandson of the minister Prince Nagaya. In 844 he received the Takashina surname and left imperial status, later governing Iyo and Higo. In 868 he became head of the Department of Divinities.

Later genealogies trace the Kō clan back to him. Tradition also says he took in a boy born to Ariwara no Narihira and the Ise priestess Princess Yasuko, making the boy the adopted son of his own son Shigenori; the boy was called Moronao.