Shinzei - Shinzei

Japanese: 信西 - しんぜい

A scholar and official in the late Heian period. His real name was Fujiwara Michinori. His father was a first-class kurōdo (the highest ranking kurōdo of the sixth rank), Sanekane. At the age of seven, he was adopted by Takashina Tsunetoshi. He served the retired Emperor Toba closely, and in 1143 was promoted to junior councilor. The following year, he resumed his original surname of Fujiwara and became a monk. His Buddhist name was initially Enku, but he soon changed it to Shinzei. After becoming a monk, he grew closer to the retired emperor and became a central figure among his close vassals. Around 1135, he married Asako, the daughter of Kii no Kami Fujiwara Kanenaga, and Asako became the wet nurse of Emperor Goshirakawa, which allowed him to further increase his influence after his accession to the throne. He consolidated his position as the emperor during the Hōgen Rebellion, and promulgated a new system (the Hōgen New System) that proclaimed the emperor's direct rule. In 1158, when the emperor abdicated to Emperor Nijō and became the retired emperor, the power struggle between the retired emperor and the emperor's close vassals intensified. In 1159, when Minamoto no Yoshitomo and Fujiwara no Nobuyori raised an army, Shinzei tried to flee to Nara, but was discovered on the way and committed suicide. His books include "Honchō Seiki" and "Hossō Rui-rin". → Heiji Rebellion → Related topics Sadayoshi | Shinzei Kogakuzu | Takashina Clan | Suminori | Heiji Monogatari Emaki | Honchō Seiki

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Japanese:

平安後期の学者・官人。俗名藤原通憲(みちのり)。父は一臈の蔵人（六位蔵人の筆頭）実兼。７歳のとき高階経敏の養子となる。鳥羽上皇に近侍し，1143年少納言に抜擢されたが，翌年藤原の本姓に復した後，出家。法号は初め円空，まもなく信西と改めた。出家後，法体の上皇にいっそう近づき，近臣の中心的存在となった。1135年ころ紀伊守藤原兼永の女朝子をめとったが，朝子が後白河天皇の乳母となったため，天皇即位後はさらに勢威を伸ばした。保元の乱で天皇の地位を固め，天皇親政をうたって新制（保元新制）を発布した。1158年天皇が二条天皇に譲位して上皇となると，上皇・天皇の近臣間の権力争いが激化。1159年源義朝と藤原信頼が兵を挙げると，信西は奈良へ逃れようとしたが，途中発見され自殺。著書に《本朝世紀》《法曹類林》などがある。→平治の乱
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