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1070s Fujiwara Sekkan Politics and Court Power Struggles

Type Event Region Japan Time 1070–1079

Since Emperor Go-Sanjō's personal rule, the Fujiwara sekkan houses (especially the Norimichi–Morotaka line) repeatedly clashed with the imperial cour…

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  1. c. 1070–1072Heian-kyō · KinkiEmperor Go-Sanjō implemented 'goshosei' governance and records office reforms, limiting the sekkan houses' control over personnel and documents; Fujiwara no Norimichi's kanpaku position was shaken, and conflict between court and sekkan houses became public.
  2. 1072Heian-kyō · KinkiAfter Fujiwara no Norimichi resigned as kanpaku, the court left the post vacant for a long time; the sekkan houses' attempt to restore in-law rule through Morotaka and others met resistance, showing the emperor's recovery of the power to appoint the highest government office.
  3. c. 1073–1079Heian-kyō · KinkiAfter Emperor Shirakawa ascended the throne he continued to curtail sekkan real power; Fujiwara no Morotaka briefly served again as kanpaku but could not restore the monopoly of the peak era. Court, temples, and samurai contended from multiple sides as sekkan politics entered structural decline.

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