Editing Fujiwara no Yoshifusa

{{Short description|9th Century Japanese statesman and Regent to the Emperor}}
[[Image:Fujiwara no Yoshifusa.jpg|thumb|280px|Fujiwara no Yoshifusa by [[Kikuchi Yōsai]]]]
{{family name hatnote|Fujiwara|lang=Japanese}}
{{Nihongo|'''Fujiwara no Yoshifusa'''|藤原 良房||804 – October 7, 872}}, also known as ''Somedono no Daijin'' or ''Shirakawa-dono'', was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] statesman, courtier and politician during the [[Heian period]].<ref name="nussbaum212">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Nakahira" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 212|page=212}}; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915). {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era,'' p. 203.|page=203}}</ref>

When Yoshifusa's grandson was enthroned as [[Emperor Seiwa]], Yoshifusa assumed the role of regent ([[Sesshō and Kampaku|''sesshō'']]) for the young monarch.<ref name="nussbaum212"/>  He was the first ''sesshō'' in Japanese history who was not himself of imperial rank; and he was the first of a series of [[regent]]s from the [[Fujiwara family|Fujiwara clan]].<ref name="nussbaum212"/>

==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>

==Genealogy==
This member of the [[Fujiwara clan]] was the son of [[Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu]].<ref name="nussbaum212"/>  Yoshifusa's brothers were  [[Fujiwara no Nagayoshi]],<ref>Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 203.|page=203}}</ref> [[Fujiwara no Yoshisuke]]<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 114.|page=114}}</ref> and [[Fujiwara no Yoshikado]].<ref>Florenz, Karl. (1906) {{Google books|ni0NAAAAYAAJ|''Geschichte der japanischen Litteratur,'' Vols. 1-2, p. 208.|page=208}}</ref>

==Marriages and children==
He was married to Minamoto no Kiyohime (源 潔姫), daughter of [[Emperor Saga]].

They had only one daughter.
* Akirakeiko/''Meishi'' (明子) (829–899), consort of [[Emperor Montoku]]

He adopted his brother Nagara's third son.
*[[Fujiwara no Mototsune|Mototsune]] (基経) (836–891) – [[Daijō Daijin]] and [[Sesshō and Kampaku|Kampaku]]

Yoshifusa is referred to as ''Chūjin Kō'' (忠仁公) (posthumous title was Daijō Daijin).

==See also==
*[[Fujiwara Regents]]
* [[Shoku Nihon Kōki]], one of the [[Rikkokushi|Six National Histories]] of Japan; edited by Fujiwara no Yoshifusa.

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Frank Brinkley|Brinkley, Frank]] and [[Dairoku Kikuchi]]. (1915). ''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.'' New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. {{OCLC|413099}}
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; {{OCLC|251325323}}
* {{in lang|ja}} Hioki, S. (1990). ''Nihon Keifu Sōran''. Tokyo: Kōdansya.
* {{in lang|ja}} Kasai, M. (1991). ''Kugyō Bunin Nenpyō''. Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppan-sha
* {{in lang|ja}} Kodama, K. (1978). ''Nihon-shi Shō-jiten, Tennō''. Tokyo: Kondō Shuppan-sha.
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; {{OCLC|58053128}}
* {{in lang|ja}} Owada, T. ''et al.'' (2003). ''Nihonshi Shoka Keizu Jimmei Jiten''. Tokyo: Kōdansya.
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. {{OCLC|5850691}}

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