Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu - The Winter Prince of Fujiwara

A politician in the early Heian period. The second son of Minister of the Right Uchimaro. When the future Emperor Saga became the crown prince, he was appointed Crown Prince Daishin and Crown Prince Suke, and was highly trusted, and was promoted rapidly after the emperor ascended to the throne. When the Kurodo (Kurodo) was first appointed in March 810 (Daido 5), he also served as Kurodo To (Kurodo no To), and after the Kusuko Incident in September of the same year, he was promoted to Shikibu Taifu (Shikibu Taifu) and then to Sangi (Councillor) the following year. He was promoted steadily thereafter to Minister of the Right, and after Emperor Junna ascended to the throne, he was promoted to Minister of the Left, and was involved in important government affairs during the Saga and early Junna eras. He was also ordered by the emperor to compile the Dairi Shiki and Konin Kakushiki (Kōnin Kakushiki). His son Yoshifusa married Princess Kiyohime of Emperor Saga, and their daughter Junshi became the consort of Emperor Ninmyo and gave birth to the future Emperor Montoku, thus forming a strong blood relationship with the Imperial family and laying the foundation for the rise of the Northern Fujiwara clan. On the other hand, he also worked hard for the prosperity of the Fujiwara clan as a whole, building the Nanen-do Hall at the clan temple Kofuku-ji and founding Kan'in. He lived in the vast mansion Kan'in and was called the Left Minister of State. He died on July 24, 3rd year of Tencho, and after Emperor Montoku ascended to the throne, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Minister of State because he was his maternal grandfather.

[Toshihiko Fukui]

"Complete History of Japan 3: Ancient Times II" by Kunihiko Fujiki (1959, University of Tokyo Press)

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平安初期の政治家。右大臣内麻呂(うちまろ)の二男。後の嵯峨(さが)天皇が皇太弟となったとき春宮大進(とうぐうだいしん)、春宮亮(すけ)となり信任厚く、天皇即位後は昇進が著しかった。810年（大同5）3月に初めて蔵人(くろうど)を置いたとき蔵人頭(とう)を兼ね、同年9月の薬子(くすこ)の変後式部大輔(しきぶたいふ)ついで翌年参議に昇進、以後順調に昇進して右大臣となり、淳和(じゅんな)天皇即位後、左大臣に昇進し、嵯峨朝および淳和朝初期の重要政務に関与した。また勅命を受け『内裏式(だいりしき)』『弘仁格式(こうにんきゃくしき)』を撰修(せんしゅう)した。その子良房(よしふさ)は嵯峨天皇皇女の源潔姫(きよひめ)を妻に迎え、その女順子(じゅんし)は仁明(にんみょう)天皇の妃となり、後の文徳(もんとく)天皇を生むなど皇室との血縁関係を強く結び、藤原北家(ほっけ)興隆の基礎を築いたが、一方では氏寺興福寺に南円堂を建て、勧学院を創立するなど藤原氏全体の繁栄のために尽くした。広大な邸宅閑院に住み閑院左大臣と称せられた。天長(てんちょう)3年7月24日死去、文徳天皇即位後外祖父のゆえをもって太政(だいじょう)大臣を追贈された。

［福井俊彦］

『藤木邦彦著『日本全史3　古代Ⅱ』（1959・東京大学出版会）』

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