Kamo Mitsuyoshi

Japanese: 賀茂光栄 - かものみつよし

Year of death: 4th year of Chowa 6th 7th (1015.6.25)
Year of birth: Tenkei 2 (939)
A mid-Heian period onmyoji. Son of Onmyoji Kamo no Yasunori. His father Yasunori shared the duties of both calendars and astronomy, passing on the art of calendars to his son Koei and the art of astronomy to his disciple Abe no Seimei. Both Koei and Seimei became leading onmyoji of the time, and thus the two head schools of Onmyoji, Kamo and Abe, were established. He held such posts as calendar doctor, Harima no Gonnosuke, and Oinokami, and was the last of his ranks, Jushi Shijo, Ukyo no Gonnodaibu, before passing away. His outstanding activities as an onmyoji can be found scattered throughout records, and in the entry for May 9, 1011 in the Gonki, it is recorded that he pointed out the need for a law to expel evil to Emperor Ichijo after a strange phenomenon occurred, but this was not accepted, and he passed away. <References> Murayama Shuichi, "A General Overview of the History of Onmyodo in Japan"

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没年：長和4.6.7(1015.6.25)
生年：天慶2(939)
平安中期の陰陽家。陰陽頭賀茂保憲の子。父保憲は暦,天文両職を分かち,暦道を子の光栄に,天文道を弟子安倍晴明に伝え,光栄,晴明ともに当代一流の陰陽師となり,ここに陰陽道の賀茂,安倍両宗家の成立をみた。暦博士,播磨権介,大炊頭などを歴任し,従四位上右京権大夫を最後に没した。陰陽師としてのすぐれた活動は記録類に散見し,『権記』寛弘8(1011)年5月9日条には,怪異により一条天皇に攘災法の必要を指摘したが,これが容れられず崩御になったことが記されている。<参考文献>村山修一『日本陰陽道史総説』

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