Fujiwara no Tadahira
{{Short description|Japanese statesman, courtier and politician}}
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{{lang|ja|藤原 忠平}}
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|death_place = Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
|order1 = Imperial Regent of Japan
|term_start1 = 16 October 930
|term_end1 = 9 September 949
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|successor1 = Fujiwara no Saneyori
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{{nihongo|Fujiwara no Tadahira|藤原 忠平||880 – 9 September 949}} was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 209|page=209}}; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203.|page=203}}
He is also known as Teishin-Kō (貞信公) or Ko-ichijō Dono (小一条殿) or Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin.
Career
Tadahira was a kuge (Japanese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing Engishiki. He is one of the principal editors responsible for the development of the Japanese legal code known as {{ill|Sandai-kyaku-shiki|ja|三代格式|vertical-align=sup}}, sometimes referred to as the Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations.Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 177.|page=177}}
Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.
- 17 September 914 (Engi 14, 25th day of the 8th month): Dainagon Tadahira was named udaijin.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 133.|page=133}}; see "Fousiwara-no Tada fira", pre-Hepburn romanization
- 16 October 930 (Enchō 8, 22nd day of the 9th month): Tadahira was appointed sesshō.
- 7 September 936 (Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month): He assumed the role of daijō-daijin.Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 135.|page=135}}
- 16 February 937 (Jōhei 7, 4th day of the 1st month): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku.
- 29 November 941 (Tengyō 4, 8th day of the 11th month): He became kampaku.
Genealogy
This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune. Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira.Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 241.|page=241}} Emperor Suzaku and Emperor Murakami where the maternal nephews of Tadahira.
Tadahira took over the head of the Hokke branch of the Fujiwara clan in 909 when his elder brother Tokihira died.
=Wives and progeny=
He was married to Minamoto no Junshi (源 順子), daughter of Emperor Uda.
They had a son.
- Fujiwara no Saneyori, also known as Ononomiya Dono (小野宮殿).Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 208|page=208}}; Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 138.|page=138}} - Kampaku for Emperor Reizei 967–969, and Sesshō for Emperor En'yū 969–970
He was also married to Monamoto no Shōshi (源 昭子), daughter of Minamoto no Yoshiari.
They had several children.
- MorosukeNussbaum, "Fujiwara no Morosuke" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 206|page=206}}. - Udaijin 947–960, grandfather of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū
- Moroyasu (師保) - priest
- Morouji (師氏) (913–970) - Dainagon 969–970
- Morotada (師尹) (920–969) - Sadaijin 969
Daughters' mothers were unknown. (She might be Junshi or Shōshi.)
- Kishi (貴子) (904–962) - consort of Crown Prince Yasuakira
- Kanshi (寛子) (906–945) - consort of Imperial Prince Shigeakira
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tadahiro, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 13 publications in 2 languages and 201 library holdings.[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230150412/http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm |date=December 30, 2010 }}: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-86463 Fujiwara, Tadahira 880-949 ]
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- 延喜式 (1723)Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tokihira" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 210|page=210}}.
- 延喜式 (1828)
- Teishinkōki: the Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira (1956)
Honours
- Senior First Rank (September 13, 949; posthumous)
Notes
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References
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- Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413099 OCLC 413099]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
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