Minamoto no Akifusa - Minamoto no Akifusa

Japanese: 源顕房 - みなもとのあきふさ

Year of death: 1094.10.16 (Kaho 1.9.5)
Year of birth: Choreki 1 (1037)
A nobleman in the late Heian period. Known as Rokujo Udaijin. Junior First Rank. The second son of Udaijin Michifusa, his mother was Fujiwara no Michinaga's daughter Takashi. He served as the head of the Chamberlain for Emperor Go-Reizei for five years, and at the age of 25, he became a councilor. Thanks to his close relationship with the regent Fujiwara no Yorimichi's family, he rose steadily through the ranks, and in 1083, he became Udaijin alongside his brother Toshifusa, who was the Left Minister, which made him a "tremendous threat to the Fujiwara clan." His daughter, Masashi, was adopted by Fujiwara no Michizane and married Emperor Shirakawa, giving birth to Emperor Horikawa, and he became Emperor Horikawa's maternal grandfather, surpassing his brother and becoming the head of the Murakami Genji clan during the reign of Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Horikawa (1072-1107). Upon hearing the news of his death, Emperor Horikawa was so sad that he did not come out to eat. He was also active in the world of poetry. His diary includes the Rokujo Ufu-ki (some excerpts). He had a villa near Toba Imperial Villa in southern Kyoto, and the place name, Kuga (Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City), later became the origin of the family name of his descendants (a branch of the Murakami Genji clan), the Kuga clan.

(Oboriya Hisashi)

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

Japanese:

没年：嘉保1.9.5(1094.10.16)
生年：長暦1(1037)
平安後期の公卿。六条右大臣と称される。従一位。右大臣師房の次男で母は藤原道長の娘尊子。後冷泉天皇の蔵人頭を5年経験し,25歳で参議。関白藤原頼通家との親しい関係のもと順調に昇進し,永保3(1083)年兄俊房の左大臣と並んで右大臣になったことで「藤原氏にとって甚だ脅威」といわしめた。娘の賢子が藤原師実の養女として白河天皇に入り堀河天皇を生んだことで,その外祖父となり白河・堀河天皇時代(1072～1107)には兄を超え村上源氏の頂点に立った。病死の報を聞いた堀河天皇は愁嘆のあまり食事に出てこなかった。歌壇でも活躍。日記に『六条右府記』(若干の逸文)がある。洛南の鳥羽離宮のそばに別荘を営んだが,その地名久我(京都市伏見区)が後世,子孫(村上源氏の一流)の家名,久我家の由来となった。

(朧谷寿)

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