Takasue Sugawara

He was a government official in the mid-Heian period. He was the son of Sugawara Suketada, the Right Middle Officer. His mother was the daughter of Minamoto Tsune, who served as the Minister of Civil Affairs and other positions. In 993 (Shoreki 4), he was appointed Inaba no Jo. In 1000 (Choho 2), he was made a Rokui Kurodo, and the following year, he was awarded the rank of peerage and retired from his post. Around this time, he also held the posts of Uemon no Jo and Kebiishi. He was the grandson of Sugawara no Michizane IV, and was once considered a mediocre person, due to the fact that his father Suketada and son Michizane had both held the titles of Monjo Hakase and Daigaku no Kami, despite them being from a family line that had held these positions, and also due to the portrayal of Takasue in the Sarashina Nikki, written by his daughter. However, in the Gonki, a diary written by Fujiwara no Yukinari, who served as Kurodo no toshi, Takasue's activities as a Kurodo are mentioned here and there. In 1027 (Manju 4), he was also appointed as the head priest of the Ministry of the Right, Fujiwara no Sanesuke's daughter, Senko, and his character is being reevaluated in light of this history. He became Kazusa no Suke in 1017 (Kannin 1) and Hitachi no Suke in 1032 (Chogen 5), and it seems that he retired from public service after completing his term and moving to Kyoto in the autumn of 1036.

[Satomi Nishimura]

"Reexamination of the Image of Takasue Sugawara - In Relation to the Sarashina Diary" by Toshio Ikeda (Japanese Language and Literature, 55-7, 1978)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安中期の官人。右中弁菅原資忠(すけただ)の子。母は民部大輔などをつとめた源包の娘。993年（正暦4）に因幡掾(いなばのじょう)として昇殿。1000年（長保2）に六位蔵人となり、翌年、叙爵されて、その任を去った。このころ、右衛門尉(うえもんのじょう)や検非違使(けびいし)を兼任。菅原道真4世の孫であり、父資忠や子の定義が文章博士(もんじょうはかせ)および大学頭(だいがくのかみ)を経ている家系にあって、それらをつとめていないこと、娘が綴った『更級日記(さらしなにっき)』における孝標像などから、かつては凡庸な人物とみなされていた。しかし、蔵人頭をつとめた藤原行成の日記『権記(ごんき)』には、孝標が蔵人として活動するさまが散見される。また1027年（万寿4）には、右大臣藤原実資の娘、千古の家司を命じられており、そうした経歴をふまえた人物像の再評価もなされつつある。1017年（寛仁1）に上総介(かずさのすけ)、1032年（長元5）に常陸介となり、1036年秋、任期を終えて上京したあとは、官途を退いたらしい。

［西村さとみ］

『池田利夫著「菅原孝標像の再検討―更級日記との関連に於て―」（『国語と国文学』55－7・1978）』

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