Fujiwara no Saneyori explained

Fujiwara no Saneyori Japanese: 藤原実頼
Birth Date:	900
Death Place:	Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Order1:	Imperial Regent of Japan
Term Start1:	July 31, 967
Term End1:	June 24, 970
Monarch1:	Reizei En'yū
Predecessor1:	Fujiwara no Tadahira
Successor1:	Fujiwara no Koretada
Parents:	Fujiwara no Tadahira (father) Minamoto no Junshi (mother)

, also known as Onomiya-dono, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.^[1]

Career

He was a minister during the reigns of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū.^[1]

• May 4, 944 (Tengyō 7, 9th day of the 4th month): Saneyori was elevated to the position of udaijin in the Imperial court hierarchy.^[2]
• May 19, 947 (Tenryaku 1, 26th day of the 4th month): Saneyori is promoted to the positions of sadaijin and grand general of the left.^[3]
• 949 (Tenryaku 3, 1st month): Saneyori and his brother Morosuke shared the duties of daijō-daijin during a period of Fujiwara no Tadahira's ill-health.^[3]
• 958 (Tentoku 2, 3rd month): Saneyori was granted special permission to travel in a wheeled vehicle.^[4]
• March 26, 963 (Ōwa 3, 28th day of the 2nd month): Saneyori presided at the coming of age ceremonies for Norihira-shinnō (憲平親王) who would later become Emperor Reizei.^[5]
• July 31, 967 (Kōhō 4, 22nd day of the 6th month): Saneyori began serving as kampaku when Emperor Reizei assumed the throne in 967.
• September 27, 969 (Anna 2, 13th day of the 8th month): Saneyori was appointed sesshō (regent).
• June 24, 970 (Tenroku 1, 18th day of the 5th month): Saneyori died at age 70; and he was posthumously elevated to the first class in rank.^[6]

After his death, Saneyori's nephew Koretada assumed his duties when he was named sesshō after his death.^[7]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Tadahira.^[1] Saneyori was the eldest son.^[2] He had two brothers: Morosuke and Morotada.^[8]

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. ; 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

Notes and References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Sane yori", pre-Hepburn romanization
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