Fujiwara no Michimichi - The path of Mt. Fujiwara

Japanese: 藤原師通 - ふじわらのもろみち

Year of death: 28 June 1, Kōwa 1 (1099.7.18)
Year of birth: 11 September 1062 (16 October 1062)
A nobleman in the Heian period. His pen name was Go-Nijo-dono. He was the son of Regent and Kanpaku Michizane and Minamoto no Michifusa's daughter Reiko, who was ranked as Junior First Rank. In 1077, he was appointed councilor. After serving as provisional Chunagon and provisional Dainagon, he became Minister of the Interior in 1083. In 1094, he was handed over the position of Kanpaku by his father. He had a rigid personality and was critical of the retired Emperor Shirakawa's use of the Zuryo as a trusted vassal and arbitrary control over politics, and is said to have said, "How can a chariot be driven at the gates of an emperor like this?" (Imakagami). In the same year, he responded resolutely to a strong appeal by the monks of Enryaku-ji Temple, and after his death, rumors spread that he was cursed by Sanno. He died of a sore throat. The Honcho Seiki describes the time when Michizane was Kanpaku as "during the Kaho and Eichou periods, the world was in a state of tranquility." After his death, Emperor Shirakawa's cloistered government began in earnest, and the status of the regent family declined. Michimichi loved learning, and studied Chinese classics and poetry under Oe Masafusa and Koremune Takamoto, two of the leading scholars of the time. He also learned about official affairs by reading diaries and ceremonial books, such as the "Kureki" written by his ancestor Fujiwara no Michisuke. It is said that he ordered Oe Masafusa to create the "Go-keshidai" in order to compile the etiquette for such ceremonies. His diary, "Go-Nijo Michimichi-ki," records that he viewed and copied dozens of books, giving us a glimpse of how much he studied. He was also beautiful, and excelled in many areas, including Chinese poetry, waka poetry, music, calligraphy, and kemari. <References> Takamune Itsue, "Study on the Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi Families"

(Sanae Yoshida)

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没年：康和1.6.28(1099.7.18)
生年：康平5.9.11(1062.10.16)
平安時代の公卿。号は後二条殿。摂政・関白師実と源師房の娘従一位麗子の子。承暦1(1077)年参議。権中納言,権大納言を経て永保3(1083)年内大臣。嘉保1(1094)年父から関白を譲られる。剛直な性格で,白河上皇が受領を近臣として重用し,政治を専断することに批判的で,「おりいの帝の門に車たつようやはある」(『今鏡』)と述べたとされる。また同2年の延暦寺衆徒の強訴に毅然とした態度で対応したため,死後山王の祟りによるとのうわさが流れた。瘡病により死去。『本朝世紀』は師通が関白であった時代について,「嘉保・永長の間,天下粛然」と評している。その死後,白河上皇の院政が本格化し,摂関家の地位が低下した。師通は学問を好み,当時有数の学者である大江匡房,惟宗孝言に師事して漢籍や詩文を学んだ。あるいは祖先の藤原師輔の『九暦』を始めとする日記や儀式書を読み公事を習った。そうした儀式の作法をまとめるために大江匡房に命じて『江家次第』を作らせたとされる。日記『後二条師通記』には,何十点にものぼる書物を閲覧や書写していることが記されており,その勉強ぶりの一端がうかがえる。また容姿が麗しく,漢詩・和歌・音楽・書道・蹴鞠など多方面に優れていた。<参考文献>高群逸枝『平安鎌倉室町家族の研究』

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