Fujiwara no Mitsuyori - Fujiwara no Mitsuyori

Japanese: 藤原光頼 - ふじわらのみつより

Year of death: 5th January 1173 (18th February 1173)
Year of birth: Tenji 1 (1124)
A nobleman in the late Heian period. He was the grandson of Hamuro (Fujiwara) Akitaka, who wielded great power as Shirakawa Innosuke, and the son of the daughter of Gon Chunagon Akiyori and Gon Chunagon Fujiwara Toshitada. He was known by the names Hamuro Dainagon, Katsura Dainagon, and Rokujo. After serving as Benkan, Kuranokami, and Kurodo no Kami, he was promoted to Sangi Jusanmi in 1156 and Gon Dainagon in 1160. The Gukansho records that "The first Dainagon among the various officials was Mitsuyori." In 1161, he was promoted to Shonii. In 1164, he became a monk, taking the Buddhist name Mitsunen. He was known from records and stories to have been a capable and practical government official, as well as a man of great strength, which was rare in the aristocratic society of the time. The most famous story is that he was not afraid of his powerful nephew Fujiwara Nobuyori, and instead warned his younger brother Korekata, who was trying to side with Nobuyori in the Heiji Rebellion (1159), and rescued Emperor Nijo, who was imprisoned in the Imperial Palace, thus defeating Nobuyori's plan. He was also a poet, and wrote works such as "Katsura Dainagon Kashu." <References> Fusao Kono, "Research on the Political History of the Late Heian Period"

(Mamiko Kimura)

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Japanese:

没年：承安3.1.5(1173.2.18)
生年：天治1(1124)
平安後期の公卿。白河院司として権勢をほしいままにした葉室(藤原)顕隆の孫で,権中納言顕頼と権中納言藤原俊忠の娘の子。葉室大納言,桂大納言,六条などと号す。弁官,内蔵頭,蔵人頭を経て,保元1(1156)年参議従三位,永暦1(1160)年権大納言に昇進した。『愚管抄』に「諸大夫ノ大納言ハ光頼ニゾ初マリタル」と記されている。応保1(1161)年正二位。長寛2(1164)年出家,法名は光然。有為な実務官人であると同時に,当時の貴族社会において珍しく大力の剛の者であったことが記録,説話などによって知られる。最も有名な話は,権勢家であった甥藤原信頼を怖じず,平治の乱(1159)で信頼に与しようとした弟の惟方を戒めて内裏に幽閉されていた二条天皇を救い出させ,信頼方の計画を破ったことであろう。また,歌人でもあり『桂大納言家集』などがある。<参考文献>河野房雄『平安末期政治史研究』

(木村真美子)

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