Fujiwara no Tadamichi
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was the eldest son of the Japanese regent
(Kampaku
) 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
.
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...
(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 Tadazane
Fujiwara no Tadazane
was a Japanese noble and the grandson of Fujiwara no Morozane. He built a villa, Fukedono, north of the Byōdō-in Temple in 1114. He was the father of Fujiwara no Tadamichi....
and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa
Fujiwara no Kanefusa
was 4th son of the Japanese regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi and Kaga, daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu. His brothers were Motozane , Motofusa , Kanezane , and Jien. He lacked political capacity, but he could finally became Daijō Daijin after his brother Kanezane....
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...
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In the Hōgen Rebellion
Hogen Rebellion
The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese Imperial succession. The dispute was also about the degree of control exercised by the Fujiwara clan who had become hereditary Imperial regents during the Heian period....
of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
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