Fujiwara Korenori - Fujiwara no Korenori

Japanese: 藤原惟憲 - ふじわらのこれのり

Year of death: 26 March 1033 (27 April 1033)
Year of birth: Owa 3 (963)
He was an official in the mid-Heian period. He was the son of Suruga no Kami Koretaka and the daughter of Tomo no Kiyokane. After serving as a local official in Inaba, Kai and other areas, he served as the governor of Dazaifu (Dazaifu City), which controlled all of Kyushu, and returned to Kyoto with treasures from nine provinces and two islands. He was described as a man who was "greedy and had no sense of purpose" (Shogoki). With this wealth, he served as Fujiwara no Michinaga's household steward, and built a residence in a prime location in Kyoto, to the west of Michinaga's Tsuchimikado Palace. In 1016 (Chowa 5), a fire broke out in his own residence, destroying it, but he was put in charge of rebuilding it, completing it two years later. He also built a new residence for himself. In 1024 (Manju 1), he was promoted to Junior Third Rank. One of his daughters became the wet nurse of Emperor Go-Ichijo (Michinaga's grandson by marriage).

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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Japanese:

没年：長元6.3.26(1033.4.27)
生年：応和3(963)
平安中期の官人。駿河守惟孝と伴清廉の娘の子。因幡,甲斐などで地方官を勤めたのち,九州一円を支配する大宰府(太宰府市)の長官を終え9国2島の財宝を携えて帰京,「貪欲のうえ首尾をわきまえない」人物と評された(『小右記』)。この財力をもって藤原道長の家司として活躍し,京内の一等地で道長の土御門第の西隣に邸を構えた。長和5(1016)年,自邸から出火,道長邸などを消失したが,その再建の造営責任者となり2年後に完成させた。自邸も新造。万寿1(1024)年正三位。娘のひとりが後一条天皇(道長の外孫)の乳母になった。

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