Fujiwara no Tadamichi from Tenshi - Sekkan Miei

was the eldest son of the Japanese

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('' Kampaku'')

Fujiwara no Tadazane was a Japanese noble, the son of Fujiwara no Moromichi and the grandson of Fujiwara no Morozane. He was the father of Fujiwara no Tadamichi. He built a villa, Fukedono, north of the Byōdō-in Temple in 1114. Marriage and Children * Minamoto Ni ...

and a member of the politically powerful

Fujiwara clan was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until th ...

. He was the father of

Fujiwara no Kanefusa was the fourth son of the Japanese regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi, and Kaga, daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu. His brothers were Motozane (regent), Motofusa (regent), Kanezane (regent), and Jien. He lacked political capability, but he eventual ...

and

Jien was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk. Biography Jien was the son of Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara clan of powerful aristocrats. His brother was the future regent Fujiwara no Kanezane. Jien became a Tendai monk ...

. In the

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of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the

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, while his brother

Fujiwara no Yorinaga was a Japanese statesman and a member of the Fujiwara clan who was highly significant in determining the course of 12th century Japanese political history. Early life Born in 1120, Yorinaga had a turbulent youth. He later wrote that he did not ...

sided with

Emperor Sutoku was the 75th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 崇徳天皇 (75)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Sutoku's reign spanned the years from 1123 through 1142. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chry ...

. In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the

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Enkan (円観).

Marriage and Children

Parents *Father:

(藤原頼長, May 1120 – August 1, 1156) *Mother: Minamoto no Moroko (源師子), daughter of Minamoto no Akifusa (源顕房) Consort and issue: * Wife: Fujiwara no Soshi (藤原宗子, 1190 – 1155), daughter of Fujiwara no Munemichi (藤原宗通) **

Fujiwara no Kiyoko Fujiwara no Kiyoko (藤原聖子 ; 1122-1182) later Kōkamon'in (皇嘉門院), was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Sutoku of Japan. She was the daughter of Fujiwara Tadamichi. In 1156 she ordained as a Buddhist nun ...

(藤原聖子 ; 1122-1182), Wife of

, first daughter ** ''Third son'' (d.1127) * Wife: Minamoto no Nobuko (源信子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信) **

Konoe Motozane was a Japanese statesman, regent and ''kugyō'' during the late Heian period. He is the founder of the Konoe family and the father of Konoe Motomichi. Life and career Motozane was born in 1143, to his father Fujiwara no Tadamichi. Motozane ...

(近衛基実, 1143 – August 23, 1166), fourth son * Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信), younger sister of Nobuko **

Fujiwara no Motofusa was an imperial regent in the late 12th century, serving both Emperor Rokujō and Emperor Takakura. He was also called , as he came from the village of Matsudono, near Kyoto. Fujiwara no Tadataka and Matsudono Moroie were his first and third ...

(藤原基房, 1144 – February 1, 1230), fifth son ** Shinen (1153 – 1224), ninth son ** Saichu, thirteenth son * Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Akitoshi (源顕俊) **

Fujiwara no Ikushi Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173) was an Empress consort of Japan. She was the consort of Emperor Nijō of Japan and foster mother of Emperor Rokujō. In the same year of Emperor Rokujō's abdication, Fujiwara took ...

(藤原育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173), Wife of

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, second daughter * Wife: Kaga no Tsubone (加賀局), daughter of

Fujiwara no Nakamitsu Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "'' Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include: ; Families * The Fujiwara clan and its members ** Fujiwara no Kamatar ...

(藤原仲光) **

Fujiwara no Kanezane , also known as , is the founder of the Kujō family (at the encouragement of Minamoto no Yoritomo), although some sources cite Fujiwara no Morosuke (908-960) as its founder. Kanezane organised the compilation of the Kitano Tenjin Engi, the his ...

(藤原兼実, 1149 – May 3, 1207), sixth son ** Doen (1151-1170), eight son **

(藤原兼房, 1153 – March 30, 1217), tenth son **

(慈円, 17 May 1155 in Kyoto – 28 October 1225), eleventh son * Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu (藤原基信) ** Eshin (恵信, 1114 – 1171), first son * Wife: Lady Gōjō (五条), daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune (源盛経) ** Takadata (尊忠; b.1150), seventh son * Wife Unknown ** Kakuchu (覚忠; 1118 – 1177), Priest, second son

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