Fujiwara no Yukinari - Fujiwara no Yukinari

Japanese: 藤原行成 - ふじわらのゆきなり

Year of death: Manju 4.12.4 (1028.1.3)
Year of birth: Tenroku 3 (972)
A nobleman in the mid-Heian period. Son of Yoshitaka and the daughter of Chunagon Minamoto no Yasumitsu. He lost his father when he was two years old, and spent his youth in misfortune. In 995, at the young age of 24, he was selected as Kurodo no Kami. One explanation for this is that Emperor Ichijo was impressed by Yukinari's calmness when he was thrown away his crown during an argument with Fujiwara no Sanekata on the palace grounds, and recommended him, while another is that he was recommended by his predecessor, Minamoto no Toshikata. He was grateful to Toshikata, and for a time, when he was promoted to a higher rank, he did not sit in the top seat. In 1001, he became a councilor, and 19 years later, he was appointed Gon Dainagon. He was highly trusted by the Gon, Fujiwara no Michinaga, and Michinaga was pleased that he had devised a great plan to make Shoshi Jotomon'in the empress, and promised to treat him like a brother until his children's generation. He devoted himself to serving the Michinaga family, and took Michinaga's son Nagaie as his son-in-law. He died on the same day as Michinaga. The "Okagami" records that he was slightly inferior in waka poetry alone. He was known as a skilled calligrapher, and his handwriting was called "Gonzeki" (after the title of highest official), and he was praised as one of the three great calligraphers along with Ono no Michikaze and Fujiwara no Sari. There are few surviving originals, other than the national treasure "Hakushi Shimaki." His diary "Gonki" is important for understanding the politics of Michinaga's time. The "Pillow Book" also shows the honest yet playful Yukinari from his days as Kurodo no tomo. His residence was his maternal family's Momozono-tai residence in Ichijo-Omiya, Sakyo, Heian-kyo, and one wing of this residence was turned into a temple, Seson-ji. It is for this reason that Yukinari's school of calligraphy is called the Seson-ji school. <References> Shimizu Yoshiko, "The Politician Fujiwara no Yukinari and His Environment" (Kokubungaku, No. 50)

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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没年：万寿4.12.4(1028.1.3)
生年：天禄3(972)
平安中期の公卿。義孝と中納言源保光の娘の子。生後2年で父と死別し不遇な青年期を送った。長徳1(995)年,24歳の若さで蔵人頭に抜擢されたが,これには,藤原実方と殿上で口論となった際,冠を投げすてられても冷静さを失わなかった行成の態度に感じ入った一条天皇が重用したとか,前任者源俊賢の推挙によるといったことが挙げられる。俊賢の恩を感じ,一時期位階が上になったとき上席に座らなかったという。長保3(1001)年参議となり,19年後権大納言に任じられている。権者藤原道長の信任は厚く,彰子上東門院の立后に際しては大いに画策したことに気をよくした道長は子の代まで兄弟のような処遇をすると約束した。道長家への奉仕に余念なく,道長の子長家を女婿とした。道長と同日に死去した。和歌だけは少し劣っていたと『大鏡』に記される。能書家として知られ,その筆跡は「権跡」(極官にちなむ)といわれ,小野道風,藤原佐理と共に三蹟とうたわれた。現存の真蹟は国宝の「白氏詩巻」ほか少ない。その日記『権記』は道長時代の政治を知るうえで重要である。『枕草子』にも実直ながら茶目っ気のある蔵人頭時代の行成が顔をみせる。邸宅は平安京左京の一条大宮にあった母方の桃園第で,この一郭を寺院としたのが世尊寺。行成の書の流派を世尊寺流と呼ぶのはこれにちなむ。<参考文献>清水好子「政治家藤原行成とその環境」(『国文学』50号)

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