Fujiwara no Tadamichi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Tadamichi (藤原 忠通, March 15, 1097 – March 13, 1164) was the eldest son of the Japanese regent (Kampaku) Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien.

In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku.

In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Enkan (円観).

Marriage and Children

• Fujiwara no Soshi
  • Fujiwara no Kiyoko
  • son (d.1127)
• Minamoto no Nobuko, daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu
  • Konoe Motozane
• Minamoto no Toshiko, younger sister of Nobuko
  • Fujiwara no Motofusa
  • Shinen (1153-1224)
  • Saichu
• Minamoto no Toshiko, daughter of Akitoshi
  • Fujiwara no Ikushi
• Kaga no Tsubone
  • Fujiwara no Kanezane
  • Jien
  • Fujiwara no Kanefusa
  • Doen (1151-1170)
• daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu
  • Eshin (1114-1171)
• daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune
  • ??? (尊忠; b.1150)
• unknown
  • ??? (覚忠;1118-1177)