Fujiwara no Saneyori

• • Period: Heian Period
  • Occupation: Kampaku, Sesshō
  • Family: Fujiwara no Tadahira (father) Fujiwara no Yoritada (son) Fujiwara no Atsutoshi (son) Fujiwara no Sanesuke (adopted-son) Fujiwara no Naritoshi (son) Fujiwara no Keishi (daughter) Fujiwara no Jutsushi (daughter) Fujiwara no Morotada (brother) Fujiwara no Morosuke (brother) Fujiwara no Morouji (brother)
  • Birth: 900AD
  • Death: 970AD

Fujiwara no Saneyori

Fujiwara no Saneyori (藤原 実頼) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Hokke Branch of this clan.

He was the son of Fujiwara no Tadahira¹ and father to Fujiwara no Yoritada,² Fujiwara no Atsutoshi, Fujiwara no Naritoshi, Fujiwara no Keishi, Fujiwara no Jutsushi as well as adoptive father of his grandson Fujiwara no Sanesuke.³

During his life would become kampaku in 968AD and later sesshō in 970. He also went by the name of Onomiya-dono.¹

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Brinkley, F. (1915) “A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.” New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company.
3. Kodansha. (1993) “Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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