Fujiwara no Akiyori - From Fujiwara no Akiyori

Japanese: 藤原顕頼 - ふじわらのあきより

Year of death: Hisayasu 4.1.5 (1148.1.27)
Year of birth: Kaho 1 (1094)
A nobleman in the late Heian period. A powerful vassal of Emperor Toba. Son of Gon Chunagon Fujiwara Akitaka, founder of the Hamuro clan, and the daughter of Echigo no Kami Fujiwara Suetsuna. One theory is that his mother was the daughter of Mino no Kami Minamoto no Yoritsuna. He was called Kujo Tamibukyo. In 1108, he was conferred a peerage, and at the same time, he became Izumo no Kami at the request of his father Akitaka, who was a powerful innkeeper under Emperor Shirakawa. After that, he served as a provincial governor in Tango and Tanba, and further held important posts such as Chugu Gon Daishin, Kurodo no Tomo, and Benkan. In 1131, he was promoted to councilor and ranked among the nobles, and thereafter held the positions of Uhyoe no Kami and Shicho betto. In 1134, he was promoted to Gon Chunagon. In 1139, he was appointed Dazai Gonsotsu (Gon Chunagon) and Dazai Gonsotsu (Gon Commander) and became Tamibukyo (Minister of Civil Affairs) in 1141. In 1148, he became a monk due to illness and died shortly thereafter. As described in the Yuro Kojitsu, he "performed unparalleled service" to the retired Emperor Toba, and was one of the most important people who supported the foundation of Toba's cloistered government. He used the abundant wealth he gained as a provincial governor and as a fiefdom lord in Totomi and Mikawa to build palaces and buildings for the emperor. One of these, Kozen-in, built south of Kujo-bomon and east of Higashi-no-toin, was donated to Emperor Toba and became a branch temple of Anrakuju-in. The scattered fields in Yamashiro Province that Akiyori donated to Kozen-in at this time became the foundation of Haishi-sho (Fukuchiyama City). He had a residence in Kujo North and Higashinotoin East, and it appears as "Akirakyodo" in the map of Tokyo in the "Shugakusho". He also had a residence in Nijo South and Higashinotoin West. A part of his diary "Kuminki" is included in the "Higashiyama Gobunko Kiroku". <References> Yoshihiko Hashimoto "Research on the Heian Aristocratic Society"

(Kazuhiko Uesugi)

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

Japanese:

没年：久安4.1.5(1148.1.27)
生年：嘉保1(1094)
平安後期の公卿。鳥羽院の有力近臣。葉室家の祖権中納言藤原顕隆と越後守藤原季綱の娘の子。一説に母は美濃守源頼綱の娘。九条民部卿と号す。嘉承3(1108)年叙爵,同時に,白河院の有力院司であった父顕隆の意により出雲守となる。以後,丹後,丹波と受領を歴任,さらに中宮権大進,蔵人頭,弁官と要職を経る。天承1(1131)年,参議に昇り公卿の座に列し,以後右兵衛督・使庁別当を兼任。長承3(1134)年権中納言に昇る。保延5(1139)年大宰権帥を兼ね,永治1(1141)年,権中納言・大宰権帥を辞し,民部卿となる。久安4(1148)年病により出家,間もなく死去。『夕郎故実』に,鳥羽上皇に「無二の奉公を致す」と記されたごとく,鳥羽院政の基盤を支えた最重要人物のひとりで,受領として,あるいは遠江,三河などの知行国主として得た豊富な財力で院のための御所・堂舎の造営に尽くした。その中のひとつ,九条坊門南・東洞院東に建立した興善院は,鳥羽院に寄進されて,安楽寿院の末寺となった。このとき顕頼が興善院に寄せた山城国の散在田が,拝師荘(福知山市)の基礎となる。九条北・東洞院東に邸宅を有し,『拾芥抄』の東京図には「顕頼卿堂」とみえる。また二条南・東洞院西にも邸宅を構えた。日記『九民記』の一部が,『東山御文庫記録』に収められている。<参考文献>橋本義彦『平安貴族社会の研究』

(上杉和彦)

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