- Period: Heian Period
- Occupation: Writer, Monk
- Family: Fujiwara no Morosuke (father) Fujiwara no Tamemitsu (brother) Fujiwara no Koretada (brother) Fujiwara no Kanemichi (brother) Fujiwara no Kaneie (brother) Fujiwara no Kinsue (brother)
- Birth: –
- Death: 994AD
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Fujiwara no Takamitsu
Fujiwara no Takamitsu (藤原 高光) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Hokke Branch of this clan.
Uncle to Fujiwara no Michinaga he died in 994AD.
During his lifetime he may have authored the Takamitsu nikki, a perhaps apocrophal diary about the years 961-962. The diary is also sometimes called the tōno mine shōshō monogatari.
In 961 he bacame a monk residing on Mt. Tō no mine.1
Footnotes
1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
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