Fujiwara no Tadamichi from Tenshi - Sekkan Miei

was the eldest son of the Japanese

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('' Kampaku'') Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful

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. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and

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. In the

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of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the

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, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku. In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the

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Enkan (円観).

Marriage and Children

Parents *Father: Fujiwara no Yorinaga (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 (藤原聖子 ; 1122-1182), Wife of Emperor Sutoku, first daughter ** ''Third son'' (d.1127) * Wife: Minamoto no Nobuko (源信子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信) ** Konoe 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 (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 (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 (藤原仲光) ** Fujiwara no Kanezane (藤原兼実, 1149 – May 3, 1207), sixth son ** Doen (1151-1170), eight son ** Fujiwara no Kanefusa (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

References

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