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Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原房前) was a Japanese noble, second son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, who served as inner minister and founded the Fujiwara Northern House, dying in the smallpox epidemic of 737.
Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu
Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu (藤原冬嗣, 775–826) was a Japanese court noble of the early Heian period, the first head of the Kurōdodokoro under Emperor Saga and later Minister of the Left.
Fujiwara no Hamanari
Fujiwara no Hamanari (藤原浜成, 724–790) was a Nara-period Japanese court noble and poet, best known as compiler of the Kakyō Hyōshiki, the oldest extant work of Japanese poetry criticism.
Fujiwara no Hidehira
Fujiwara no Hidehira (藤原秀衡, 1122–1187) was the third head of the Ōshū Fujiwara, who ruled Hiraizumi in northeastern Japan and is famous for sheltering the Minamoto commander Yoshitsune.
Fujiwara no Hidesato
Fujiwara no Hidesato (藤原秀郷), also known as Tawara Tōta, was a mid-Heian noble and military commander of Shimotsuke Province, best known for defeating the rebel Taira no Masakado in 940.
Fujiwara no Hirotsugu
Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (藤原広嗣) was a Nara-period Japanese court noble and eldest son of Fujiwara no Umakai who rebelled against Emperor Shōmu's court in 740 and was executed.
Fujiwara no Hirotsugu's rebellion
Fujiwara no Hirotsugu's rebellion (藤原広嗣の乱) was a 740 uprising in Kyushu led by Fujiwara no Hirotsugu, vice-governor of the Dazaifu, against Emperor Shōmu's court; it was crushed in about two months and Hirotsugu was beheaded.
Fujiwara no Ietaka
Fujiwara no Ietaka (藤原家隆, 1158–1237) was a Japanese court noble and waka poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods, one of the six compilers of the Shinkokin Wakashū.
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原鎌足)
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原鎌足, 614–669), originally Nakatomi no Kamatari, was the Asuka-period statesman who with Prince Naka no Ōe toppled the Soga clan in the 645 Isshi Incident, led the Taika Reform, and received the Fujiwara surname from Emperor Tenji.
Fujiwara no Kaneie
Fujiwara no Kaneie (藤原兼家, 929–990) was a Japanese court noble of the mid-Heian period who became regent to his grandson Emperor Ichijō in 986 and was the father of Fujiwara no Michinaga.
Fujiwara no Kintō
Fujiwara no Kintō (藤原公任, 966–1041) was a Heian-period Japanese poet, critic, and court noble known as Shijō Dainagon, who compiled the Wakan rōeishū and listed the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
Fujiwara no Kiyohira
Fujiwara no Kiyohira (藤原清衡, 1056–1128) was a military magnate of northern Honshu who founded the Ōshū Fujiwara house, ruled Mutsu and Dewa from Hiraizumi, and built Chūson-ji with its Golden Hall.
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (藤原清輔, 1104–1177) was a Japanese waka poet and scholar of poetics of the late Heian period, author of the treatises Ōgishō and Fukurozōshi.
Fujiwara no Maro
Fujiwara no Maro (藤原麻呂, 695–737) was a Nara-period courtier, fourth son of Fujiwara no Fuhito and founder of the Kyōke, the Capital House of the Fujiwara clan.
Fujiwara no Michinaga (藤原道長)
Fujiwara no Michinaga (藤原道長), 966–1027, Heian-period Japanese court noble who dominated the imperial court via marriage politics, served as regent in 1016, and wrote the Midō Kanpakuki, the world's oldest autographic diary.
Fujiwara no Michinori
Fujiwara no Michinori (藤原通憲), better known as Shinzei, was a late Heian Japanese nobleman and scholar who ran the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa's court and was killed in the Heiji Rebellion of 1159.
Fujiwara no Michitaka
Fujiwara no Michitaka (藤原道隆), known as Naka no Kanpaku, was a mid-Heian Japanese court noble who served as regent to Emperor Ichijō from 990 until his death in 995.
Fujiwara no Momokawa
Fujiwara no Momokawa (藤原百川; 732–779), originally named Odamaro, was a Japanese court noble and statesman who placed Emperor Kōnin on the throne in 770 and made his son Emperor Kanmu crown prince in 773.
Fujiwara no Moromichi
Fujiwara no Moromichi (藤原師通, 1062–1099) was a Heian-period court noble of the Fujiwara regent house who served as Naidaijin from 1083 and kanpaku from 1094.
Fujiwara no Morozane
Fujiwara no Morozane (藤原師実, 1042–1101) was a late-Heian court noble of the Fujiwara clan who served as regent and chancellor, and restored Fujiwara fortunes through Emperor Horikawa.
Fujiwara no Motofusa
Fujiwara no Motofusa (藤原基房; 1145–1230) was a Japanese court noble of the late Heian period who served as regent (sesshō) from 1166 and later as kanpaku.
Fujiwara no Motohira
Fujiwara no Motohira (藤原基衡) was the second head of the Oshu Fujiwara clan of northern Japan, ruling Mutsu Province from Hiraizumi for roughly thirty years until his death around 1157.
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Fujiwara no Mototoshi (1060–1142) was a late Heian court noble and waka poet, leader of the conservative poetic school, represented by poem 75 in the Hyakunin Isshu.
Fujiwara no Mototsune
Fujiwara no Mototsune (藤原基経; 836–891) was a Japanese court noble who headed the Fujiwara clan and in 887 became the first kanpaku, regent for an adult emperor.
Fujiwara no Mototsune becomes kanpaku
Fujiwara no Mototsune becomes kanpaku (関白の設置) refers to the 887 establishment of the kanpaku, chief adviser to an adult emperor, held by Fujiwara no Mototsune at the Heian court in Kyōto.
Fujiwara no Muchimaro
Fujiwara no Muchimaro (藤原武智麻呂) was a Nara-period Japanese statesman, eldest son of Fujiwara no Fuhito and founder of the Fujiwara Southern House, who rose to udaijin before dying in the smallpox epidemic of 737.
Fujiwara no Munemichi
Fujiwara no Munemichi (藤原宗通) was a late Heian period court noble, a favorite of retired Emperor Shirakawa who ended his career as Gon dainagon and Minister of Popular Affairs.
Fujiwara no Nagate
Fujiwara no Nagate (藤原永手, 714–771) was a Nara-period court noble of the Fujiwara clan's Northern house who rose to Minister of the Left and enthroned Emperor Kōnin in 770.
Fujiwara no Nakamaro
Fujiwara no Nakamaro (藤原仲麻呂), later Emi no Oshikatsu, was a Nara period court noble who headed the government under Emperor Junnin before rebelling in 764.
Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion
The Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (藤原仲麻呂の乱), also called the Emi no Oshikatsu Rebellion, was an armed uprising of 764 in which Nara minister Fujiwara no Nakamaro tried to overthrow retired Empress Kōken.