Fujiwara no Tsunemune - Fujiwara no Tsunemune

An aristocrat in the late Heian period. Son of Dainagon Fujiwara no Tsunezane. After Tsunezane and Tsunemune, this lineage became the Oimikadoke family, one of the Seigake families. Prince Morihito, who was born to his full sister and Emperor Goshirakawa, ascended to the throne in 1158 (Hogen 3) (Emperor Nijō), and he became his close aide. During the Heiji Rebellion in 1159 (Heiji 1), he allied himself with Taira no Kiyomori and defeated Fujiwara no Shinzei and Fujiwara no Nobuyori, who supported the cloistered government of Goshirakawa, in succession, in an attempt to strengthen the position of the emperor, but was opposed by the cloistered emperor and exiled to Awa in 1160 (Eiraku 1). He was restored to his original position in 1164 (Chokan 2), and was promoted to the position of Minister of the Left in 1166 (Jin'an 1). After the death of Emperor Nijō, he became close to Emperor Goshirakawa and maintained his position in aristocratic society. Immediately after the Taira clan fled the capital in 1183 (Juei 2), he played an active role in helping Emperor Goshirakawa take the lead in aristocratic society, such as by insisting that the ceremony of assigning titles be held in the Imperial Palace, which he achieved, and by becoming an innocence official despite his position as a minister. He remained as Minister of the Left until just before his death, and supported Goshirakawa's cloistered government as an elder member of aristocratic society.

[Shuichi Matsushima]

"The Life of Fujiwara no Tsunemune by Matsushima Shuichi" (Aichi University of Education Research Report 42, 1993)

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平安時代末期の貴族。大納言藤原経実の子。経実・経宗以後のこの家流は清華家(せいがけ)の一つである大炊御門家(おおいみかどけ)となった。同母妹が後白河天皇との間に儲けた守仁親王(もりひとしんのう)が1158年（保元3）に即位（二条天皇）、その側近となる。1159年（平治1）の平治の乱では、平清盛とも手を結び、後白河院政を支える藤原信西(しんぜい)や藤原信頼ら院側近たちを相次いで打倒、天皇の立場を強化しようとしたが、院からの反発をうけ、1160年（永暦1）に阿波へ流罪。1164年（長寛2）に本位に復し、1166年（仁安1）には左大臣まで昇進する。二条天皇が崩じたのちは後白河院に接近し、貴族社会での立場を守った。1183年（寿永2）の平家都落ちの直後には、除目(じもく)を院殿上で行うよう主張して実現したり、大臣の地位にありながら院司となるなど、後白河院が貴族社会で主導権をとるために活躍した。没する直前まで左大臣にとどまり、貴族社会の長老として後白河院政を支えた。

［松島周一］

『松島周一著「藤原経宗の生涯」（『愛知教育大学研究報告42』・1993）』

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