Fujiwara no Munemichi - Fujiwara no Munemichi

Japanese: 藤原宗通 - ふじわらのむねみち

Year of death: 22 July 1120 (17 August 1120)
Year of birth: Enkyu 3 (1071)
A nobleman in the Heian period. Son of the Minister of the Right Toshiie and the daughter of Minamoto no Kanenaga. Childhood name Akomaru. Favored by Emperor Shirakawa from an early age, he became the head priest of Shirakawa-in after the abdication. He rose through the ranks remarkably, surpassing the ranks of those in the higher ranks, from Kurodo no kami to Sangi (councillor), to Gon Chunagon (provisional middle counselor), and in 1111 he became Gon Dainagon (provisional chief counselor). Upon his death in the midst of his power, his nephew Fujiwara no Munetada wrote in his diary, Chuu-u-ki, that the retired emperor consulted Munetada on all matters, so his authority was unruly, his household wealth exceeded that of most people, he held the three offices of Gon Dainagon, Tinbukyo, and Chugu no Daifu, and his household held fiefs in Bitchu and Inaba, and his family was prosperous. <References> Kono Fusao, Research on the Political History of the Late Heian Period; Toda Yoshimi, Chuu-u-ki

(Sanae Yoshida)

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没年：保安1.7.22(1120.8.17)
生年：延久3(1071)
平安時代の公卿。右大臣俊家と源兼長の娘の子。幼名阿古丸。幼時から白河天皇に寵愛され,譲位後は白河院別当となる。蔵人頭,参議,権中納言と,上位の人々を越えてめざましく昇進を続け,天永2(1111)年権大納言。権勢の中でのその死に当たり,甥の藤原宗忠は日記『中右記』に,上皇は万事を宗通に相談するので,その権威は傍若無人であり,家中の富は衆人に勝り,権大納言・民部卿・中宮大夫の三官を帯び,一家のうちで備中・因幡を知行し,家門は繁盛していると評している。<参考文献>河野房雄『平安末期政治史研究』,戸田芳美『中右記』

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