Fujiwara no Michizane - The Fujiwara

He was a nobleman in the late Heian period. He was the third son of the regent Yorimichi. His mother was Kishi, the daughter of Inaba no Kami Fujiwara no Taneshige. In 1055 (Tenki 3), he became Jusanmi (Jusanmi), in 1069 (Enkyu 1), he became the Left Minister, and in 1075 (Joho 2), he became the Regent to Emperor Shirakawa after the death of his uncle Norimichi. In 1086 (Otoku 3), he became the Regent when Emperor Horikawa, the son of his adopted daughter, Kenshi, ascended to the throne. In 1088 (Kanji 2), he became the Grand Minister, and in 1090, he changed from Regent to Regent. In 1104 (Kaho 1), he handed over the position of Kanpaku to his eldest son, Moromichi, and in January 1101 (Kōwa 3), due to illness, he became a monk (under the posthumous Buddhist name Hokaku) at his villa in Uji, where he passed away on February 13th. He was called Kyogokudono and Go-Ujidono. During his time as regent, he did not resist the expansion of Emperor Shirakawa's power, which was one of the factors behind the establishment of the cloistered government. He excelled in poetry, music, and wrote a diary called "Kyōgoku Kanpaku-ki" and a family anthology called "Kyōgoku Zenkanpaku-shu".

[Sanae Yoshida]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安後期の公卿(くぎょう)。摂政(せっしょう)頼通(よりみち)の三男。母は因幡守(いなばのかみ)藤原種成(たねしげ)の女(むすめ)祇子(きし)。1055年（天喜3）従三位(じゅさんみ)となり、69年（延久1）左大臣、75年（承保2）叔父教通(のりみち)の死去により白河(しらかわ)天皇の関白となる。86年（応徳3）養女賢子の産んだ堀河(ほりかわ)天皇の即位で摂政(せっしょう)となり、88年（寛治2）太政(だいじょう)大臣、90年に摂政から関白にかわる。94年（嘉保1）長男師通(もろみち)に関白を譲り、1101年（康和3）正月病気のため宇治(うじ)の別荘で出家し（法名法覚）、2月13日没した。京極殿(きょうごくどの)、後宇治殿(のちのうじどの)とよばれた。摂関の時期、白河天皇の勢力拡大に抵抗せず、院政成立の一つの要因となった。詩歌音楽に秀(すぐ)れ、日記に『京極関白記』、家集に『京極前関白集』などがある。

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