Fujiwara no Morozane (

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: 藤原師実ふじわらのもろざね) (1042 – March 14, 1101) was a

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and a chief of the

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during the late

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. He was known as Kyōgoku dono (Lord Kyōgoku) or Go-Uji dono (the Later Lord Uji, 後宇治殿). He held the positions of sessho or kanpaku for a twenty-year period, sessho from 1075 to 1086 during the reign of

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and from 1094 to 1099 during the reign of

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, and kampaku from 1086 to 1094 during the reign of Emperor Horikawa. He was the son of

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and Fujiwara no Gishi (藤原祇子, her real name is unknown today), a daughter of Fujiwara no Tanenari (藤原種成), hence the grandson of

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. Kenshi died when she was very young, but she left a son who would later ascend to the throne as Emperor Horikawa. Emperor Shirakawa seized political power and Morozane was unable to enjoy the monopolic power that his father and grandfather had enjoyed. Even after Emperor Horikawa reached adulthood, the cloistered Emperor Shirakawa seized power. Morozane married Fujiwara no Reishi, who was a daughter of

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, a grandson of

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, and later adopted by Fujiwara no Nobuie. Morozane had many sons and daughters, including

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and Fujiwara no Ietada. From Morozane, two kuge families derive, the Kazanin family and the Oimikado (Oinomikado) family. Morozane is also known the author of the

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collection ''Kyōgoku Kanpakushū'' (Anthology of Kyōgoku Kanpaku) and the diary ''Kyōgoku Kanpaku-ki'' (Diary of Kyōgoku Kanpaku).

Marriage and Children

* Fujiwara Reishi (1049-1114) **

* Daughter of Minamoto no Yorikuni ** Fujiwara no Ietada (1062-1136) ** Kakushin (覺信; 1065–1121) ** ??? (静意; 1069–1151) * daughter of Fujiwara Motosada ** Fujiwara no Tsunazane (1068-1131) ** Fujiwara no Yoshizane (1070-1132) * daughter of Fujiwara Eigyo (d.1128) ** Fujiwara no Tadanori (1076-1141) ** ??? (増智; d.1135) * Daughter of Taira Yukichika ** ??? (覚実; 1052–1092) * daughter of Minamoto Sokumori ** Jingen (1058-1109) * Daughter of Taira Sadachika ** Chosin (1069-1096) ** ??? (永実) * daughter of Minamoto no Akifusa ** ??? (仁澄; 1079–1134) * daughter of Fujiwara Tadatoshi ** ??? (尋範; 1093–1174) ** Gyogen (1097-1155) * daughter of Hogen Seien ** Genkaku (d.1138) * Unknown ** Fujiawara Tadanaga ** daughter married Fujiwara Mototaka

References

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