Fujiwara no Yoshimi - Fujiwara no Yoshimi

Japanese: 藤原良相 - ふじわらのよしみ

Year of death: 10th October 9th of the Jogan period (9th November 867)
Year of birth: 813
An official in the early Heian period. Son of Fuyutsugu and Naishi Mitsuko (daughter of Fujiwara no Masasaku). He experienced the Jowa Incident (842), served as a councilor, and was made Minister of the Right in 857. During the Otenmon Incident (866), according to the Daikyo-urasho, Yoshiaki conspired with Tomo no Yoshio to frame the Minister of the Left, Minamoto no Shin, but the truth of the incident is unknown. However, after Yoshio was exiled, he repeatedly petitioned to enter the Buddhist priesthood, likely because he wished to leave the political world. He was bold and eloquent, but was also said to have had a deep faith, and built Sushin-in Temple on his estate to house the children of his family who could not support themselves, and Enmei-in Temple as a relief facility for the sick. He did not remarry because his wife (the daughter of Sagami Gonjo Oeda Otoe) had passed away, and instead devoted himself to offering prayers for her. His daughters, Takakiko and Tamiko, became consorts with Emperor Montoku and Emperor Seiwa, respectively.

(Takinami Sadako)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：貞観9.10.10(867.11.9)
生年：弘仁4(813)
平安前期の官人。冬嗣と尚侍美都子(藤原真作の娘)の子。承和の変(842)を経験し,参議を経て天安1(857)年右大臣。応天門の変(866)では,『大鏡裏書』によると,良相は伴善男と相談して左大臣源信を陥れようとしているが,事件の真相は不明。しかし善男流罪のあと仏門に入ることを願って再三致仕を請願しているのは,政治世界からの離脱を願ったからであろう。豪胆で雄弁である一方,信心に厚かったとされ,邸内に崇親院を建てて自活できない一族の子女を収容したり,病患者の救済施設として延命院を設けた。また亡妻(相模権掾大枝乙枝の娘)のため再婚もせず,その供養に専心した。娘の多可幾子と多美子はそれぞれ文徳,清和両天皇の女御。

(瀧浪貞子)

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