Fujiwara no Kanefusa
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was 4th son of the Japanese regent
(Sessho and Kampaku
) Fujiwara no Tadamichi
and Kaga, daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu. His brothers were Motozane
(regent), Motofusa
(regent), Kanezane
(regent), and Jien
. He lacked political capacity, but he could finally became Daijō Daijin after his brother Kanezane.
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
(Sessho and Kampaku
Sessho and Kampaku
In Japan, was a title given to a regent who was named to assist either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress. The was theoretically a sort of chief advisor for the emperor, but was the title of both first secretary and regent who assists an adult emperor. During the Heian era,...
) Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
was the eldest son of the Japanese regent Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien.In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa....
and Kaga, daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu. His brothers were Motozane
Fujiwara no Motozane
Fujiwara no Motozane was a middle Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals....
(regent), Motofusa
Fujiwara no Motofusa
was an imperial regent in the late 12th century, serving both Emperor Rokujō and Emperor Takakura. He was also called ', as he came from the village of Matsudono, near Kyoto...
(regent), Kanezane
Fujiwara no Kanezane
, also known as , is the founder of the Kujō family , although some sources cite Fujiwara no Morosuke as its founder....
(regent), and Jien
Jien
Jien was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.-Biography:Jien was the son Fujiwara no Tadamichi, a member of the Fujiwara family of powerful aristocrats. He joined a Buddhist monastery of the Tendai sect early in his life, first taking the Buddhist name Dokaie, and later changing it to...
. He lacked political capacity, but he could finally became Daijō Daijin after his brother Kanezane.