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Fujiwara no Yorimichi's Kanpaku Politics

Type Event Region Asia Time 1035

In the mid-1030s CE, Fujiwara no Yorimichi long controlled real power in the Japanese court as kanpaku, bringing Fujiwara Hokke sekkan politics to it…

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  1. 1035Kyoto · KinkiFujiwara no Yorimichi presided over government in Kyoto as kanpaku, directing the court nobles' council and deciding personnel appointments and fiscal expenditures. His residence became the de facto political center; emperors and retired emperors largely held ceremonial positions, and court operations depended on the Hokke factional network.
  2. 1035–1036Kyoto Dairi · KinkiYorimichi directed the personnel arrangements for Emperor Go-Ichijō's abdication and Emperor Go-Suzaku's accession, ensuring smooth imperial succession within the Fujiwara in-law system. This consolidated the sekkan houses' say over succession and paved the way for Emperor Go-Reizei's later accession.

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