Fujiwara no Yoshifusa

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Fujiwara no Yoshifusa by Kikuchi Yōsai

Template:Family name hatnote Template:Nihongo, also known as Somedono no Daijin or Shirakawa-dono, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.<ref name="nussbaum212">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Nakahira" in Template:Google books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). Template:Google books</ref>

When Yoshifusa's grandson was enthroned as Emperor Seiwa, Yoshifusa assumed the role of regent (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 regents from the 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 1, 9th day of the 7th month): 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). Template:Google books; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi fousa", pre-Hepburn romanization</ref>
• 857 (Saikō 4, 19th day of the 2nd month): Daijō Daijin<ref>Titsingh, Template:Google books; 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 for Emperor Seiwa.<ref>Brown, p. 286.</ref>
• October 7, 872 (Jōgan 14, 2nd day of the 9th month): Yoshifusa died at the age of 69.<ref>Titsingh, Template:Google books.</ref>

Yoshifusa conceived the programme of boy-sovereigns with Fujiwara regents; and his adopted son, Mototsune, carried out the plans.<ref>Brinkley, Template:Google books</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, Template:Google books</ref> Fujiwara no Yoshisuke<ref>Titsingh, Template:Google books</ref> and Fujiwara no Yoshikado.<ref>Florenz, Karl. (1906) Template:Google books</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.

• Mototsune (基経) (836–891) – Daijō Daijin and 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 Six National Histories of Japan; edited by Fujiwara no Yoshifusa.

References

• 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. Template:OCLC
• Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. Template:ISBN; Template:OCLC
• Template:In lang Hioki, S. (1990). Nihon Keifu Sōran. Tokyo: Kōdansya.
• Template:In lang Kasai, M. (1991). Kugyō Bunin Nenpyō. Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppan-sha
• Template:In lang Kodama, K. (1978). Nihon-shi Shō-jiten, Tennō. Tokyo: Kondō Shuppan-sha.
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; Template:OCLC
• Template:In lang Owada, T. et al. (2003). Nihonshi Shoka Keizu Jimmei Jiten. Tokyo: Kōdansya.
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Template:OCLC