was a
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
statesman, courtier and politician during the
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese ...
.
[Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915). ]
Career
He was a minister during the reign of
Emperor Reizei
was the 63rd emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 冷泉天皇 (63)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Reizei's reign spanned the years from 967 through 969, ending with his abdication and retirement.
...
.
* 968 (''
Kōhō
was a after '' Ōwa'' and before ''Anna.'' This period spanned the years from July 964 through August 968. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 16, 964 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. ...
5, 12th month''): Morotada is named ''
udaijin
was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''udaijin'' in the context of a central administ ...
''.
* 969 (''
Anna
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* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...
2, 3rd month''): Morotada is elevated to the position of ''
sadaijin'' in the Imperial court.
* 969 (''Anna 2, 10th month''): ''Sadaijin'' Morotada died.
Genealogy
This member of the
Fujiwara clan
was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until ...
was the son of
Fujiwara no Tadahira
was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915).
He is also known as ''Teishin-Kō'' (貞信公) or ''Ko-ichijō Dono'' ( ...
.
Morotada was the youngest son. He had two brothers:
Saneyori and
Morosuke.
[Brinkley, .]
Notes
References
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Brinkley, Frank and
Dairoku Kikuchi
Baron was a Japanese mathematician, educator, and education administrator during the Meiji era.
Biography
Early life and family
Kikuchi was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), as the second son of Mitsukuri Shūhei, a professor at Bansho ...
. (1915). ''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.'' New York: Encyclopædia Britannica
OCLC 413099*
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
920 births
969 deaths
Fujiwara clan
Regents of Japan
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