• • Period: Heian Period
  • Occupation: sesshō, kampaku
  • Family: Fujiwara no Michinaga (father) Fujiwara no Morozane (son) Fujiwara no Michifusa (son) Fujiwara no Kanshi (daughter) Fujiwara no Genshi (adopted daughter) Fujiwara no Kenshi (sister) Fujiwara no Ishi (sister) Fujiwara no Sonshi (sister) Fujiwara no Kishi (sister) Fujiwara no Seishi (sister) Fujiwara no Shōshi (sister) Fujiwara no Kanshi (sister) Fujiwara no Yoshinobu (brother) Fujiwara no Yorimune (brother) Fujiwara no Norimichi (brother) Fujiwara no Nagaie (brother)
  • Birth: 992AD
  • Death: 1074AD

Fujiwara no Yorimichi

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

Yorimichi lived from 992-1074AD¹ was the son of Fujiwara no Michinaga¹² and father to Fujiwara no Morozane, Fujiwara no Michifusa, Fujiwara no Kanshi and. He adopted as his daughter Fujiwara no Genshi.¹

He held onto the positions of sesshō and kampaku during the reigns of Emperor Go-Ichijo and Go-Suzaku.¹²

It was his father who gave to him the position of kampaku, afterwards Michinaga retiring and directing policies through his son Yorimichi.²

Yorimichi lost control over the imperial succession when none of his daughters gave birth to an heir¹ and so in 1068 he was forced to accept onto the throne Emperor Sanjō and later passes on his title of sesshō to his brother Fujiwara no Norimichi.¹²

His two daughters had been married to Emperor Go-Suzaku and Go-Reizei.¹

The power of the Fujiwara then began to decline as this new Emperor was not a Fujiwara and wished to reassert Imperial Control.

In 1052 Yorimichi decided to return to his villa in Uji which he then converted into the temple Byōdō-in and became a monk.¹

He was also known as uji-dono.²

Footnotes

1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.

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• • Period: Heian Period
  • Occupation: kampaku, dajō daijin
  • Family: Fujiwara no Michinaga (father) Fujiwara no Nobunaga (son)  Fujiwara no Kanshi (daughter) Fujiwara no Shinshi (daughter) Fujiwara no Kenshi (sister) Fujiwara no Ishi (sister) Fujiwara no Sonshi (sister) Fujiwara no Kishi (sister) Fujiwara no Seishi (sister) Fujiwara no Shōshi (sister) Fujiwara no Kanshi (sister) Fujiwara no Yoshinobu (brother) Fujiwara no Yorimune (brother) Fujiwara no Nagaie (brother) Fujiwara no Yorimichi (brother)
  • Birth: 996AD
  • Death: 1075AD

Fujiwara no Norimichi

Fujiwara no Norimichi (藤原 教通) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Hokke Branch of this clan, living from 996-1075AD.¹ He was also called Ō-Nijō-dono.²

He was the son of Fujiwara no Michinaga and during his lifetime held the rank of kampaku in 1068 and dajō daijin in 1070.²

He was the father of Fujiwara no Nobunaga,  Fujiwara no Kanshi and Fujiwara no Shinshi.³

His daughter Kanshi married Emperor Go-Reizei, with his other daughter marrying Emperor Go-Suzaku.²

Footnotes

1. 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.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
3. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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• • Period: Heian Period
  • Occupation: Empress
  • Family: Emperor Ichijō (husband) Emperor Go-Ichijō (son) Emperor Go-Suzaku (son) Fujiwara no Michinaga (father) Minamoto no Rinshi (mother) Fujiwara no Kenshi (sister) Fujiwara no Ishi (sister) Fujiwara no Sonshi (sister) Fujiwara no Kanshi (sister) Fujiwara no Seishi (sister) Fujiwara no Kishi (sister) Fujiwara no Nagaie (brother) Fujiwara no Yoshinobu (brother) Fujiwara no Yorimune (brother) Fujiwara no Norimichi (brother) Fujiwara no Yorimichi (brother)
  • Birth: 988AD
  • Death: 1074AD

Fujiwara no Shōshi

Fujiwara no Shōshi (藤原 彰子) was a member of the Fujiwara Clan, more specifically the Hokke Branch of this clan, living from 988-1074AD. She was daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga and Minamoto no Rinshi, later becoming wife of Emperor Ichijō. During her life she gave birth to the future Emperors Go-Ichijō and Go-Suzaku.¹² 

She was also known as Fujiwara no Akiko.¹

She married the Emperor in 999AD,¹ and was given the title of Chūgū in 1000AD when the former Empress Fujiwara no Teishi was made Kōgō.²

As Empress her ladies in waiting included, Murasaki Shikibu, Izumi Shikibu¹² and Akazone Emon.¹

In 1026 she became a Buddhist nun taking taking the name of Jōtō Mon’in (上東 門院)¹² taking her name from the Palace in which she retired to.²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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