Fujiwara no Kaneie

Fujiwara no Kaneie
藤原兼家

Fujiwara no Kaneie by Kikuchi Yōsai
Born 929
Died July 26, 990
Nationality Japanese
Parents Fujiwara no Morosuke (father)
In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Kaneie (藤原 兼家, 929 – July 26, 990) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.[1]

Career

Kaneie served as a minister during the reigns of Emperor En'yū, Emperor Kazan and Emperor Ichijō.

After his rival brother Kanemichi's death in 977 he was appointed to Udaijin by his cousin Yoritada who became Kampaku after Kanemichi's death. He and his son Michikane encouraged Emperor Kazan to abdicate to accelerate Kaneie's accession to regent, and by the succession of Emperor Ichijō, he became Sesshō of Emperor Ichijō.

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was a son of Morosuke.[1] His mother was Fujiwara no Moriko (藤原 盛子), daughter of Fujiwara no Tsunekuni.

Kaneie had four brothers: Kanemichi,[5] Kinsue,[6] Koretada,[7] and Tamemitsu.[8]

His daughters were mothers of Ichijō and Sanjō.

Marriages and children

He was married to Fujiwara no Tokihime (藤原 時姫), daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamasa.

They had five children.

He was also married to a daughter of Fujiwara no Tomoyasu (藤原倫寧の娘), called Udaisyō Michitsuna no Haha (Mother of Udaishō Michitsuna) (右大将道綱母). She wrote Kagerō Nikki (蜻蛉日記).

They had a son.

The other children were

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Kaneie" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 203, p. 203, at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 145, p. 145, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Kane ye", pre-Hepburn romanization
  3. Titsingh, p. 146, p. 146, at Google Books.
  4. 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 151, p. 151, at Google Books.
  5. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kanemichi" at p. 203, p. 203, at Google Books
  6. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kinsue" at p. 204, p. 204, at Google Books
  7. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Koretada" at p. 205, p. 205, at Google Books
  8. Brinkley, p. 259., p. 259, at Google Books

References

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