Emperor Ichijo

Japanese: 一条天皇 - いちじょうてんのう

Year of death: 22 June 1011 (25 July 1011)
Year of birth: Tengen 3.6.1 (980.7.15)
Emperor in the mid-Heian period. His name was Kanenori. He was the first son of Emperor En'yu, and his mother was Fujiwara no Kaneie's daughter, Empress Senshi (Tosanjo-in). His 25 years on the throne was the second longest in the Heian period after Emperor Daigo. He became the crown prince of his cousin Emperor Kazan at the age of five, and ascended to the throne two years later, with his maternal grandfather Kaneie as regent. Kaneie's successors Michitaka and Michikane became regents, but both died within a short time, and Michinaga rose to power with the support of his sister Senshi (it is said that she even entered the palace at night to plead with the reluctant emperor in tears). In 1000, Michitaka's daughter Sadashi was the empress, and Michinaga made her empress, and then added his daughter Shoshi as empress, creating the unprecedented situation of one emperor and two empresses. Shoshi gave birth to Emperors Go-Ichijo and Go-Suzaku. It is said that Emperor Ichijo cooperated with Michinaga in politics, but Michinaga's sole authority was remarkable when it came to the appointment of new officials. The emperor himself was of a gentle and elegant nature, highly intelligent and an accomplished flute player, which reflected the fact that Ichijo produced many talented people in all walks of life, including writers, aristocrats, monks and samurai. It was also during the Ichijo era that talented women such as Sei Shonagon and Murasaki Shikibu, who served Sadashi and Shoshi, emerged and brought about the blossoming of court literature. He fell ill and abdicated in 1011 to Emperor Sanjo. His tomb is the Kitaryou of Enyu-ji Temple, Shuzan, Ryoan-ji Temple, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City. The existence of a diary written during the Kanko era, "Ichijo Tenno Shinki," is known, but the contents have not been passed down. <References> Kano Shigefumi, "Emperor Ichijo" (Women's University Japanese Literature, no. 104)

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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Japanese:

没年：寛弘8.6.22(1011.7.25)
生年：天元3.6.1(980.7.15)
平安中期の天皇。名は懐仁。円融天皇の第1皇子で母は藤原兼家の娘の女御詮子(東三条院)。25年間の在位は平安期では醍醐天皇に次ぐ長さ。5歳で従兄の花山天皇の皇太子となり,2年後に即位し,外祖父の兼家が摂政となった。兼家のあと子の道隆,道兼が摂関となったがいずれも短期で死去,道長が姉詮子の後押し(渋る天皇の夜の御殿にまで入って涙ながらに訴えたという)で権力の座についた。長保2(1000)年,中宮に道隆の娘の定子がいたが道長はこれを皇后とし,娘の彰子を入れて中宮とし一帝二后という前例のないことを現出させた。彰子から後一条,後朱雀両天皇が生まれた。一条天皇は道長と協調して政治を行ったといわれるが,除目などでは道長の専権は著しかった。天皇自身温雅な性格で才学豊かで笛の名手であり,それを反映して文人,貴族,僧,武士など各界で人材が輩出した。定子,彰子に仕えた清少納言や紫式部をはじめ才媛が出て王朝文学を開花させたのも一条朝である。病を得て寛弘8(1011)年三条天皇に譲位。陵は京都市右京区竜安寺朱山の円融寺北陵。寛弘年間の日記『一条天皇宸記』の存在が知られるが内容は伝わらない。<参考文献>加納重文「一条天皇」(『女子大国文』104号)

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