Fujiwara no Tamemitsu

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

Fujiwara no Tamemitsu
Born	942
Died	992
Nationality	Japanese
Parents	Fujiwara no Morosuke (father)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

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

Notes

1. Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, pp. 203, 259., p. 203, at Google Books
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 151, p. 151, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tame kio", pre-Hepburn romanization
3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2005). "Fujiwara no Kaneie" at Japan Encyclopedia, p. 203, p. 203, at Google Books
4. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kanemichi" at p. 203, p. 203, at Google Books
5. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Kinsue" at p. 204, p. 204, at Google Books
6. Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Koretada" at p. 205, p. 205, at Google Books

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. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; 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. ISBN 9784062115780; 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