Fujiwara no Tadahira

Fujiwara no Tadahira
藤原忠平
Fujiwara no Tadahira; 藤原忠平
	Tadahira by Kikuchi Yōsai
Imperial Regent of Japan
	In office; October 16, 930 – September 9, 949
Monarchs	Suzaku; Murakami
Preceded by	Fujiwara no Mototsune
Succeeded by	Fujiwara no Saneyori
Personal details
Born	880
Died	September 9, 949 (aged 68–69); Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Spouse(s)	Minamoto no Junshi; Minamoto no Shōshi
Parent	Fujiwara no Mototsune (father)

Fujiwara no Tadahira (藤原忠平, 880 – September 9, 949) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.^[1] He is also known as Teishin-Kō (貞信公) or Ko-ichijō Dono (小一条殿) or Ko-ichijō daijō-daijin.^[1]

Career

Tadahira was a kuge (Japanese noble) who is credited with writing and publishing Engishiki.^[1] He is one of the principal editors responsible for the development of the Japanese legal code known as Sandai-kyaku-shiki^[ja], sometimes referred to as the Rules and Regulations of the Three Generations.^[2]

Tadahira served as regent under Emperor Suzaku who ruled from 930 to 946.

September 17, 914 (Engi 14, 25th day of the 8th month): Dainagon Tadahira was named udaijin.^[3]
October 16, 930 (Enchō 8, 22nd day of the 9th month): Tadahira was appointed sesshō.
September 7, 936 (Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month): He assumed the role of daijō-daijin.^[4]
February 16, 937 (Jōhei 7, 4th day of the 1st month): He presided over the coming of age ceremony of Emperor Suzaku.^[4]
November 29, 941 (Tengyō 4, 8th day of the 11th month): He became kampaku.^[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Mototsune.^[1] Tadahira's brothers were Fujiwara no Tokihira and Fujiwara no Nakahira.^[5] 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).^[6] - 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.

Morosuke^[7] - 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.^[8]

延喜�� (1723)^[9]
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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 209, p. 209, at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
^ Brinkley, p. 177., p. 177, at Google Books
^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 133., p. 133, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tada fira", pre-Hepburn romanization
^ ^a ^b Titsingh, p. 135., p. 135, at Google Books
^ Brinkley, p. 241., p. 241, at Google Books
^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in p. 208, p. 208, at Google Books; Titsingh, p. 138., p. 138, at Google Books
^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Morosuke" in p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books.
^ WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Fujiwara, Tadahira 880-949
^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tokihira" in p. 210, p. 210, at Google Books.

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