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Fujiwara no Moromichi and sekke politics in the 1060s
The 1060s were a turning point for Heian sekke politics: kanpaku Fujiwara no Yorimichi yielded to his brother Norimichi in 1068, Fujiwara no Moromich…
Timeline
- 1062Heian-kyō · JapanFujiwara no Moromichi, son of Fujiwara no Moromune (later kanpaku), was born into the sekke main line; his father Moromune was a son of kanpaku Yorimichi, and Moromichi grew up in a decade when sekke politics was at its zenith yet showing signs of crisis.
- 1068Heian-kyō (imperial palace) · JapanFujiwara no Yorimichi, who had long served as kanpaku, yielded to his brother Fujiwara no Norimichi in 1068, marking a power handover within the Hokke; at the same time Emperor Go-Sanjō acceded, of non-Fujiwara maternal descent, and the sekke's hold on the imperial house began to waver.
Sources
- Sansom, George. A History of Japan to 1334 — George Sansom (1958)
- Fujiwara no Moromichi — Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Moromichi