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Fujiwara no Michiie

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1160–1238 Also known as Fujiwara no Michiie、ふじわらのみちいえ

Fujiwara no Michiie (1160–1238) was a powerful early Kamakura-period regent of the Kujō branch of the Fujiwara Hokke;…

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  1. 1183–1199Heian-kyō · KyotoOf the Kanetaka line of the Fujiwara Hokke, he rose through posts such as sangi and gon-chūnagon, entering the center of power during the Go-Shirakawa and Go-Toba insoi periods, expanding family influence through marriages and personnel appointments.
  2. 1200–1218Heian-kyō · KyotoFrom 1200 he successively served as sesshō and kanpaku, controlling court personnel and ritual affairs. Between 1201 and 1210 he was a key figure in Emperor Go-Toba's accession and court operations; his sister Shōmeimon-in (Kujō Tatsuko) was the emperor's mother, which Michiie used to consolidate the Sekke house's position.
  3. 1221–1238Heian-kyō · KyotoAfter the Jōkyū War the emperor was deposed; though Michiie did not fight directly, his family's ties to the court shook his political standing. In his later years he remained among the court nobles, dying in Kyoto in 1238 at the age of seventy-nine.

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