Fujiwara no Tadahira
| Fujiwara no Tadahira | |
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| Born | 880 |
| Died | 949 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Parents | Fujiwara no Mototsune (father) |
Fujiwara no Tadahira (藤原 忠平, 880 - September 14, 949) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.[1] He is also known as Teishin-Kō (貞信公) or Ko-ichijō Dono (小一条殿) or Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin.[1]
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[edit] Career
Tadahira was a kuge (Japanese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing Engishiki.[1] He one of the principle editors responsible for the development of the Japanese legal code known as Sandai-kyaku-shiki, sometimes referred to as the Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations.[2]
Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.
- 914(Engi 14, 7th month): Dainagon Tadahira was named udaijin.[3]
- 931(Enchō 9): Tadahira was appointed sessho.[1]
- 936 (Jōhei 6, 8th month): He assumed the role of daijō-daijin.[4]
- 937 (Jōhei 7, 1st month): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku.[4]
- 941(Tengyō 4): He became kampaku.[1]
[edit] Genealogy
This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune.[1] Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira.[5] 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.
[edit] Wives and progeny
He was married to Minamoto no Junshi (源 順子), daughter of Emperor Kōkō.
They had a son.
- Fujiwara no Saneyori, also known as Ononomiya Dono (小野宮殿).[6] - 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[7] - 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
[edit] Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tadahiro, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 13 publications in 2 languages and 201 library holdings.[8]
- 延喜式 (1723)[9]
- 延喜式 (1828)
- Teishinkōki: the Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira (1956)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 209 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. at Google Books
- ^ Brinkley, p. 177. at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 133. at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tada fira", pre-Hepburn romanization
- ^ a b Titsingh, p. 135. at Google Books
- ^ Brinkley, p. 241. at Google Books
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in p. 208 at Google Books; Titsingh, p. 138. at Google Books
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Morosuke" in p. 206 at Google Books.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Fujiwara, Tadahira 880-949
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tokihira" in p. 210 at Google Books.
[edit] References
- Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese 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). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
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