Fujiwara no Tadamichi

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Fujiwara no Tadamichi (from Tennō Sekkan Daijin Eizukan )

Fujiwara no Tadamichi (藤原 忠通; March 15, 1097 – March 13, 1164) was the eldest son of the Japanese regent ( Kampaku ) Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. [1] He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien.

In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku. [1]

In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Enkan (円観).

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  1. 1 2 Sansom, George (1958). A history of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 210. ISBN   0804705232.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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