Takashina Naritada - Takashina Naritada

Japanese: 高階成忠 - たかしなのなりただ

Year of death: 4.7 (998)
Year of birth: Encho 1 (923)
A government official in the mid-Heian period. He was called Takanii. His Buddhist name was Dokan. He was the son of Miyanaiki Yoshiomi and the daughter of Fujiwara Hirofumi, the Minister of Civil Affairs. He was known as a scholar, and began as a monsho at the age of 26, and served as Daigaku no Kami (Grand Chancellor), and at the age of 64 he was promoted to Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) and a non-councillor thanks to the efforts of the Togu Gakushi (Chief Imperial Registrar). According to the Kokin Chomonshu, when he caught a glimpse of Fujiwara Michitaka (later the regent) secretly visiting his daughter Takako, he predicted that he would become a minister in the future, and allowed the two to have a relationship. When Sadashi, born during this time, became the Empress of Emperor Ichijo, Naritada changed his surname from Masahito to Ason and was promoted to Junii (Junior Second Rank). During his time as Dainaiki, he drafted the imperial edict appointing Fujiwara Saneyori to the regent, as well as other imperial edicts regarding the change of era. When his grandson, Ise (Michitaka's son), lost a struggle for power against Fujiwara no Michinaga, in 995 he had an onmyoji (a fortune teller of exorcism) place a curse on Michinaga. This was discovered and hastened the downfall of Ise and the Nakakanpaku family.

(Oboriya Hisashi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：長徳4.7(998)
生年：延長1(923)
平安中期の官人。高二位と称される。法号は道観。宮内卿良臣と民部大輔藤原博文の娘の子。学者として知られ,26歳で文章生となったのを皮切りに大内記,大学頭を歴任し,東宮学士の労により64歳で従三位非参議になった。『古今著聞集』によれば娘の貴子のもとへ忍んで通っていた藤原道隆(のちに関白)を垣間見て将来必ず大臣になると予見し,ふたりの仲を許したという。この間に生まれた定子が一条天皇の中宮となったことで成忠は姓を真人から朝臣に改め従二位に叙せられた。大内記のとき藤原実頼を関白とする詔書を草したのをはじめ,改元ほかの詔書を作成した。外孫伊周(道隆の子)が藤原道長との政権争いに敗れたことで,長徳1(995)年陰陽師に道長を呪詛させたが,これが発覚し,伊周たち中関白家の没落を早めることになった。

(朧谷寿)

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