Fujiwara no Tamemitsu explained

Fujiwara no Tamemitsu
Birth Date:	942
Death Date:	992
Nationality:	Japanese
Parents:	Fujiwara no Morosuke (father)

Fujiwara no Tamemitsu (藤原 為光) (942–992) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.^[1]

Career

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

• 985 (Kanna 1}: Tamemitsu was named udaijin.
• 991 (Shōryaku 2, 9th month): Tamemitsu was promoted from udaijin to daijō Daijin.^[2]

He is referred to as Kōtoku-kō (恒徳公) (posthumous name as Daijō Daijin).

Tamemitsu erected Hōjū-ji temple to mourn his daughter Shishi.

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Morosuke.^[1] His mother was Imperial Princess Masako, daughter of Emperor Daigo.

Tamemitsu had four brothers: Kaneie,^[3] Kanemichi,^[4] Kinsue.^[5] and Koretada.^[6]

Marriages and Children

Tamemitsu was married to a daughter of Fujiwara no Atsutoshi (first son of Fujiwara no Saneyori). They had at least four children.

• Sanenobu (964–1001) (誠信) - Sangi (参議)
• Tadanobu (or Narinobu) (967–1035) (斉信) - Dainagon
• daughter - married to Fujiwara no Yoshikane (son of Fujiwara no Koretada)
• Shishi (忯子) (969–985) - married to Emperor Kazan

He was also married to a daughter of regent Fujiwara no Koretada.

• Michinobu (道信) (972–994) - poet, one of Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
• Kinnobu (公信) (977–1026) - Gon-no-Chūnagon
• daughter - married to Sadaijin Minamoto no Masanobu
• Genshi (儼子) (died 1016) - side house of Fujiwara no Michinaga
• Jōshi (穠子) (979–1025) - Lady-in-waiting of Empress Kenshi (consort of Emperor Sanjō), and side house of Fujiwara no Michinaga

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
• Hioki, Shōichi. (1936). 日本系譜綜覽 (Nihon keifu sōran). Tokyo: Kaizōsha. OCLC 24881833
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
• Owada, Tetsuo, Masako Sugawara and Atsushi Nitō. (2003). 日本史諸家系図人名辞典 (Nihonshi shoka keizu jinmei jiten). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ; OCLC 675318472
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

Notes and References

1. Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Tame kio", pre-Hepburn romanization
3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2005). "Fujiwara no Kaneie" at
4. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kanemichi" at
5. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kinsue" at
6. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Koretada" at