Fujiwara no Yoshikado

Fujiwara no Yoshikado (藤原良門, 8th-9th century) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.[1]

Fujiwara no Yoshikado
NationalityJapanese
ParentsFujiwara no Fuyutsugu (father)

Career at court

He was a minister holding the title of daijo-daijin.[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the sixth son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.[2] Among Yoshikada's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no Nagayoshi[3] and Fujiwara no Yoshisuke.[1]

Descendants of Yoshikado include Fujiwara no Toshimoto, Fujiwara no Kanesuke, Fujiwara no Masatada, Fujiwara no Tametoki and Murasaki Shikibu.[2]

Yoshikada is considered the ancestor of the Uesugi clan,[4] the Ii clan,[5] and the Nichiren clan.[1]

Notes

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References

  • 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. OCLC 413099
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Papinot, Edmund.. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.


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