Nagazane Fujiwara - Nagazane Fujiwara

Japanese: 藤原長実 - ふじわらのながざね

Year of death: 19th August 1133 (19th September 1133)
Year of birth: 1075
A nobleman in the late Heian period. Son of Shuri-no-daifu Fujiwara Akisue and the daughter of Dazai-no-daini Fujiwara Tsunehira. He was ennobled at the age of 11. He served as provincial governor of Inaba, Owari, Iyo, Harima, and other areas for 35 years, and in 1122 he was promoted to Junior Third Rank, Shuri-no-daifu, Dazai-no-daini, and in 1130 he was promoted to Senior Third Rank Provincial Chunagon. In his later years he became Dazai-no-gon-sui (the actual duties were the same as those of Daini), and was called Nijo no Sui. As his father was a close vassal of the retired emperor Shirakawa, Nagazane also enjoyed the emperor's patronage, and became the innoshi of the emperor in his early teens, playing an active role as a close vassal just like his father. From 1108, Nagazane's Oimikado Marikoji Palace was the Shirakawa-in palace for about six years. He was deeply involved in the funeral of Emperor Shirakawa in 1129, and afterwards performed Buddhist rites for the emperor for a year. He was trusted by the retired Emperor Toba and was appointed as the head priest of the same temple, but his promotion in rank was remarkable, and he attracted public attention when he was appointed as Gon Chunagon in the 5th year of the Taiji era. His daughter Tokuko (Bifukumon'in) gained the favor of the retired Emperor Toba and gave birth to Emperor Konoe. He was also active in the poetry world centered around his father Akisue, and had 20 poems included in imperial anthologies such as the Kinyoshu. However, the study of poetry was passed down to his younger brother Akisuke. He seems to have been a man known for his flashy and eye-catching behavior, due to the wealth he had accumulated over his many years as a jutaku. <References> Kono Fusao, Studies in the Political History of the Late Heian Period

(Harumi Watanabe)

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Japanese:

没年：長承2.8.19(1133.9.19)
生年：承保2(1075)
平安後期の公卿。修理大夫藤原顕季と大宰大弐藤原経平の娘の子。11歳で叙爵。因幡,尾張,伊予,播磨などの国司を35年間続け,保安3(1122)年従三位,修理大夫・大宰大弐を経て,大治5(1130)年正三位権中納言に至る。晩年に大宰権帥(実質的な職務は大弐と同じ)となったことから二条の帥と呼ばれた。父が白河上皇近臣であったことから長実も上皇の恩顧を被り,10歳代前半からその院司となり,父同様近臣として活躍。天仁1(1108)年から6年ほど長実の大炊御門万利小路第が白河院御所となっていた。大治4(1129)年の白河法皇葬儀には深くかかわり,その後1年間法皇の為に仏事を修した。鳥羽上皇にも信任され同院別当に補されたが,官位の昇進が目ざましく,大治5年権中納言に任ぜられたときは,世間の注目を浴びた。娘得子(美福門院)は鳥羽上皇の寵を得て近衛天皇を生む。父顕季を中心とする歌壇でも活躍,『金葉集』以下の勅撰集に20首入集。しかし歌学は弟の顕輔に伝えられた。永年の受領生活によって蓄えた財力から,人目を引く派手な振る舞いが目立った人物のようである。<参考文献>河野房雄『平安末期政治史研究』

(渡辺晴美)

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