Fujiwara no Koretada

Fujiwara no Koretada
Born	924
Died	972
Nationality	Japanese
Parents	Fujiwara no Morosuke (father)

Fujiwara no Koretada (藤原 伊尹; 924–972), also known as Fujiwara no Koremasa or Kentokuko, Ichijō sesshō and Mikawa-kō, was a Japanese statesman, courtier, politician and waka-poet during the Heian period.^[1]

His poems were published in "The Collected Poems of the First Ward Regent", Ichijo Sessho Gyoshu, and in Hyakunin Isshu (poem No. 45).

Contents 1 Career 2 Genealogy 3 Notes 4 References

Career

Emperor Murakami named Koretada conservator of Japanese poetry in 951.^[2]

Koretada served as a minister during the reign of Emperor En'yū.

• 970 (Tenroku 1, 1st month): Koretada is named udaijin.^[3]
• 970 (Tenroku 1, 5th month): After the death of Fujiwara no Saneyori, Koretada is named sesshō (regent).^[4]
• 971 (Tenroku 2, 11th month): Koretada assumes the office of daijō daijin.^[3]
• 972 (Tenroku 3, 5th day of the 1st month): The enthronement of Emperor En'yu is supervised by Koretada.^[5]
• 972 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Koretada died at age 49; and he was posthumously raised to first class rank. He was granted the posthumous title of Mikawa-kō. ^[5]

The immediate consequence of Koretada's death was a period of intense rivalry between his brothers Kanemichi and Kaneie.^[6]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Morosuke.^[1] He was the oldest son; and became head of the Hokke branch of the clan after his uncle Saneyori died in 970.

Koretada had four brothers: Kaneie,^[7] Kanemichi,^[8] Kinsue,^[9] and Tamemitsu.^[6]

Notes

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

Fujiwara family tree                                             Kamatari                                                                                                     Fuhito                                           NANKE branch                         HOKKE branch                                           SHIKIKE branch                   KYŌKE branch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Muchimaro                       Fusasaki                                           Umakai                   Maro                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Toyonari   Nakamaro   Nagate   Kiyokawa   Matate           Uona   Kaedemaro   Hirotsugu   Kiyonari   Yoshitsugu   Momokawa   Kurajimaro   Hamanari                                                                                                                   Tsuginawa   Asakari                   Uchimaro           Fujinari   Sonondo           Tanetsugu           Otsugu                                                                                                                           Fuyutsugu           Toyozawa                   Nakanari                                                                                                                   Yoshifusa   Yoshisuke   Yoshikado   Murao                                                                                         Mototsune                   Hidesato                                                                                                     Tokihira   Nakahira   Tadahira                                                                                                                               Morosuke           Saneyori                                                                                                                     Tamemitsu   Kinsue   Koretada   Kaneie   Kanemichi   Yoritada                                                                                                               Michinaga   Michikane       Michitaka   Kintō                                                                                                             Yorimichi   Norimichi   Nagaie   Korechika                                                                       Morzane   Nobunage   Tadaie                                                                                     Moromichi           Toshitada                                                                               Tadazane           Toshinari                                                                                             Yorinaga     Tadamcihi     Sadaie                                                                                                         Kanezane     Motofusa     Motozane                                                                     In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into five families or houses: the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane).

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Name	Fujiwara No Koretada
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Date of birth	924
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Date of death	972
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