Fujiwara no Ujimune

Japanese: 藤原氏宗 - ふじわらのうじむね

Year of death: 7th February 14th of the Jogan period (19th March 872)
Year of birth: Unknown. Court noble in the early Heian period. Son of Kazuno Maro and the daughter of Wake no Kiyomaro. In 832, he was appointed as Kazusa Daijo. Afterwards, he held many positions including Mino no Kami and Mutsu no Kami, and during the Seiwa period, he was rapidly promoted, passing through Chunagon and Dainagon, before becoming Udaijin in 870. This promotion was likely related to his marriage to Fujiwara no Yoshiko (Mototsune's half-sister) in 870. His lengthy official career was unparalleled, but apart from his involvement in the compilation of the Jōgan Kaku and Jōgan Shiki, no other notable achievements are known about him. He died at the age of 63 (or 66), and was posthumously awarded the rank of Shonii on the day of his death, but his children did not receive it according to his will. The Shirakawa residence in Higashiyama where he spent his later years is said to have been located on the site of the current Otoyo Shrine (Kashigatani, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), and after his death, at the request of his wife, it was converted into a temple (Enjoji Temple).

(Takinami Sadako)

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

Japanese:

没年：貞観14.2.7(872.3.19)
生年：生年不詳
平安前期の公卿。葛野麻呂と和気清麻呂の娘の子。天長9(832)年に上総大掾。以後美濃守,陸奥守など多数の官を歴任,清和朝に入り急速に昇進し中納言,大納言を経て貞観12(870)年右大臣。この昇進には貞観1年の藤原淑子(基経の異母妹)との結婚が無関係ではなかろう。官歴の多さは他に類をみないが,『貞観格』『貞観式』の編纂にかかわったほかは,これといった事績は伝わらない。63歳(66歳とも)で没し,当日正二位を追贈されたが,子供らは遺命により受け取らなかったという。晩年を過ごした東山の白河邸は,いまの大豊神社(京都市左京区鹿ケ谷)の地にあったといい,没後妻の発願で寺(円成寺)に改められた。

(瀧浪貞子)

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