Fujiwara no Tadahira
Fujiwara no Tadahira (藤原 忠平, 880 – September 9, 949) was a *anese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.He is also known as Teishin-Kō (貞信公) or Ko-ichijō Dono (小一条殿) or Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Genealogy
- 2.1 Wives and progeny
- 3 Selected works
- 4 Honours
- 5 Notes
- 6 References
Career
Tadahira was a kuge (*anese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing Engishiki. He is one of the principal editors responsible for the development of the *anese legal code known as Sandai-kyaku-shiki, sometimes referred to as the Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations.
Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.
- September 17, 914 (Engi 14, 25th day of the 8th month): Dainagon Tadahira was named udaijin.
- October 16, 930 (Enchō 8, 22nd day of the 9th month): Tadahira was appointed sesshō.
- September 7, 936 (Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month): He *umed the role of daijō-daijin.
- February 16, 937 (Jōhei 7, 4th day of the 1st month): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku.
- November 29, 941 (Tengyō 4, 8th day of the 11th month): He became kampaku.
Genealogy
This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune. Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira. Emperor Murakami was the maternal nephew of Tadahira.
Tadahira took over the head of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan in 909 when his elder brother Tokihira died.
Wives and progeny
He was married to Minamoto no Junshi (源 順子), daughter of Emperor Uda.
They had a son.
- Fujiwara no Saneyori, also known as Ononomiya Dono (小野宮殿). - Kampaku for Emperor Reizei 967–969, and Sesshō for Emperor En'yū 969–970
He was also married to Monamoto no Shōshi (源 昭子), daughter of Minamoto no Yoshiari.
They had several children.
- Morosuke - Udaijin 947–960, grandfather of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū
- Moroyasu (師保) - priest
- Morouji (師氏) (913–970) - Dainagon 969–970
- Morotada (師尹) (920–969) - Sadaijin 969
Daughters' mothers were unknown. (She might be Junshi or Shōshi.)
- Kishi (貴子) (904–962) - consort of Crown Prince Yasuakira
- Kanshi (寛子) (906–945) - consort of Imperial Prince Shigeakira
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tadahiro, OCLC/WorldCat encomp*es roughly 9 works in 13 publications in 2 languages and 201 library holdings.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.- 延喜式 (1723)
- 延喜式 (1828)
- Teishinkōki: the Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira (1956)
Honours
- Senior First Rank (September 13, 949; posthumous)
Notes
References
- Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the *anese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). *an encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- t...ingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du *on. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into "Five regent houses": the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane). To view the complete family tree, visit Fujiwara family tree.