Fujiwara no Norimichi - Fujiwara no Norimichi

Japanese: 藤原教通 - ふじわらののりみち

Year of death: Shoho 2.9.25 (1075.11.6)
Year of birth: 2.6.7 (996.6.25)
A nobleman in the mid-Heian period. He was called O-Nijo-dono. He was Michinaga's fourth son, and his mother was Noriko, the daughter of the Minister of the Left, Minamoto Masanobu. He was promoted to Junior Third Rank at the age of 11, and was promoted to Minister of the Left in 1060 at the age of 65. Eight years later, when Emperor Gosanjo ascended to the throne, he became the Kanpaku after his older brother, Yorimichi. He had given his daughters, Ikuko and Kanko (both of whom were daughters of Gon Dainagon Fujiwara no Kinto), to Emperor Gosuzaku and Goreizei as consorts, deepening the feud with Yorimichi, who had also given his two daughters to both emperors. However, since neither of them had a son, this led to the weakening of the position of the regent under the reign of Emperor Gosanjo, who promoted direct rule due to the lack of a maternal relative. In his later years, Yorimichi pressured him to transfer the Kanpaku position to his son, Michizane (Yorimichi had already given the Kanpaku position to him under this promise), but he did not agree. He continued to serve as Kanpaku after Emperor Shirakawa ascended to the throne, but died three years later at the age of 80. The year after Yorimichi's death, he was posthumously awarded the rank of Shoichii. His residence was at Nijo-tai (Nijo-south, Higashi-no-toin-higashi). His diary includes the "Nitoki" (a fragment of which is included in the "Rekidai Zanketsu Nikki"). According to the "Kojidan," he competed with the Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Sanesuke for a prostitute named Koro.

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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Japanese:

没年：承保2.9.25(1075.11.6)
生年：長徳2.6.7(996.6.25)
平安中期の公卿。大二条殿と称す。道長の4男で母は左大臣源雅信の娘倫子。11歳で従三位となり,累進して康平3(1060)年65歳で左大臣,8年後に後三条天皇の即位で実兄頼通のあと関白となった。これより早く娘の生子と歓子(ともに母は権大納言藤原公任の娘)を後朱雀,後冷泉両天皇に女御として入れており,同様に2人の娘を両天皇に入れていた頼通との確執を深めた。しかしいずれにも皇子が生まれなかったことから,外戚関係のないことで親政を推進する後三条天皇朝下で摂関の立場の弱体化を招いた。晩年,頼通から子の師実への関白の譲渡(この約束でさきに頼通から関白譲渡を受けた)を迫られたが,応じなかった。白河天皇の即位後も関白を続けたが,3年後に80歳で死去した。頼通死去の翌年のことで,正一位を追贈された。邸宅は二条第(二条南,東洞院東)。日記に『二東記』(『歴代残闕日記』に逸文が所収)がある。『古事談』によると香炉という名の遊女を右大臣藤原実資と競ったという。

(朧谷寿)

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