Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Fujiwara no Tadamichi (藤原 忠通, March 15, 1097 – March 13, 1164) was the eldest son of the Japanese regent (Kampaku) Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan.[1] He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien.
In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku.[1]
In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Enkan (円観).
Marriage and Children[]
- Fujiwara no Soshi
- Fujiwara no Kiyoko
- son (d.1127)
- Minamoto no Nobuko, daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu
- Minamoto no Toshiko, younger sister of Nobuko
- Fujiwara no Motofusa
- Shinen (1153-1224)
- Saichu
- Minamoto no Toshiko, daughter of Akitoshi
- Kaga no Tsubone
- Fujiwara no Kanezane
- Jien
- Fujiwara no Kanefusa
- Doen (1151-1170)
- daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu
- Eshin (1114-1171)
- daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune
- ??? (尊忠; b.1150)
- unknown
- ??? (覚忠;1118-1177)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sansom, George (1958). A history of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 210. ISBN 0804705232.
Categories:
- 1097 births
- 1164 deaths
- Sesshō and Kampaku
- Regents of Japan
- Fujiwara clan
- People of Heian-period Japan
- Hyakunin Isshu poets
- Heian period Buddhist monks
- 12th-century Japanese calligraphers
- Japanese nobility stubs