Editing Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (section)

==Career==
He was a minister during the reigns of [[Emperor Ninmyō]], [[Emperor Montoku]] and [[Emperor Seiwa]].<ref name="nussbaum212"/>

* '''834''' (''[[Jōwa (Heian period)|Jōwa]] 1, 9th day of the 7th month''): [[Sangi (Japan)|Sangi]]
* '''835''' (''Jōwa 2''): Gon-no-[[Chūnagon]]
* '''840''' (''Jōwa 7''): [[Chūnagon]]
* '''842''' (''Jōwa 9''): [[Dainagon]]
* '''848''' (''[[Saikō]] 1, 1st month''): [[Udaijin]]<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 135.|page=135}}; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi fousa", pre-[[Hepburn romanization]]</ref>
* '''857''' (''Saikō 4, 19th day of the 2nd month''): [[Daijō Daijin]]<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 114.|page=114}}; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''The Future and the Past,'' p. 285; n.b., Yoshifusa was the first minister to be promoted to ''Daijō-daijin.'' That high office was previously filled by Imperial Princes only.</ref>
* '''858''' (''[[Ten'an]] 2, 7th day of the 11th month''): [[Sesshō and Kampaku|Sesshō]] for [[Emperor Seiwa]].<ref>Brown, p. 286.</ref>
* '''October 7, 872''' (''[[Jōgan]] 14, 2nd day of the 9th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 貞観十四年九月二日 -->: Yoshifusa died at the age of 69.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 120.|page=120}}.</ref>

Yoshifusa conceived the programme of boy-sovereigns with Fujiwara regents; and his adopted son, Mototsune, carried out the plans.<ref>Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 237.|page=237}}</ref>