, also known as Fujiwara no Yoshitsune, son of regent
Kujō Kanezane and a daughter of
Fujiwara no Sueyuki Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "'' Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:
; Families
* The Fujiwara clan and its members
** Fujiwara no Kamata ...
, was a ''
kugyō
is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank und ...
'' or Japanese court noble from the late
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 ...
to the early
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first '' shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
. He held a regent position
Sesshō from 1202 to 1206.
Kujō Michiie was his son.
In 1179 Yoshitsune
came of age. In 1188 when his elder brother died he was designated as successor of the family. In 1196 political shake-up caused him to lose the court position he was appointed a year before.
Family
* Father:
Kujō Kanezane
* Mother: Fujiwara Tomoko
* Wives and Children:
** Wife:
Ichijō Yoshiyasu
literally means ''first street'' in Japanese. It can refer to:
*Emperor Ichijō (一条天皇 ''-tennō''), the 66th Emperor of Japan (980–1011)
Japanese surname
* The Ichijō family (一条家 ''-ke''), one of the five regent houses (''go-se ...
’s daughter
***
Kujō Michiie
*** Kujō Noriie (1194-1225)
***
Fujiwara no Ritsushi married
Emperor Juntoku
** Wife: Fujiwara Hisako（?-1222）
***
Kujō Motoie
Kujō Motoie (九条基家, 1203-1280) was a '' waka'' poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kam ...
** Wife: Samesuke Masatsune’s daughter
*** Ryoson
** Wife: Daizendaibu Nobunori’s daughter
*** Dokei
**unknown
***
Keisei (1189–1268)
References
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1169 births
1206 deaths
Fujiwara clan
Kujō family
People of Heian-period Japan
People of Kamakura-period Japan
Hyakunin Isshu poets
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