Fujiwara no Tadamichi

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 this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.

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).

Marriage and Children
  • Fujiwara no Soshi
  • Minamoto no Nobuko, daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu
  • Minamoto no Toshiko, younger sister of Nobuko
    • Fujiwara no Motofusa
    • Shinen (1153-1224)
    • Saichu
  • Minamoto no Toshiko, daughter of Akitoshi
  • Kaga no Tsubone
  • daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu
    • Eshin (1114-1171)
  • daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune
    • ??? (尊忠; b.1150)
  • unknown
    • ??? (覚忠;1118-1177)
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References
  1. Sansom, George (1958). A history of Japan to 1334. Stanford University Press. p. 210. ISBN 0804705232.
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