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Nationality
  
Japanese

Parents
  
Fujiwara no Morosuke

Name
  
Fujiwara Koretada

Role
  
Poet

Died
  
972 AD


Children
  
Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, Fujiwara no Mitsuakira, Fujiwara no Yoshikane, Fujiwara no Kaneko/Kaishi

People also search for
  
Fujiwara no Kanemichi

Great-grandparents
  
Fujiwara no Mototsune

Grandparents
  
Fujiwara no Tadahira

Fujiwara no Koretada (藤原 伊尹; 924–972), also known as Fujiwara no Koremasa or Kentokuko, Ichijō sesshō and Mikawa-kō, was a Japanese statesman, courtier, politician and waka-poet during the Heian period.

Contents

His poems were published in "The Collected Poems of the First Ward Regent", Ichijo Sessho Gyoshu, and in Hyakunin Isshu (poem No. 45).

Career

Emperor Murakami named Koretada conservator of Japanese poetry in 951.

Koretada served as a minister during the reign of Emperor En'yū.

  • 970 (Tenroku 1, 1st month): Koretada is named udaijin.
  • 970 (Tenroku 1, 5th month): After the death of Fujiwara no Saneyori, Koretada is named sesshō (regent).
  • 971 (Tenroku 2, 11th month): Koretada assumes the office of daijō daijin.
  • 972 (Tenroku 3, 5th day of the 1st month): The enthronement of Emperor En'yu is supervised by Koretada.
  • 972 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Koretada died at age 49; and he was posthumously raised to first class rank. He was granted the posthumous title of Mikawa-kō.

    • The immediate consequence of Koretada's death was a period of intense rivalry between his brothers Kanemichi and Kaneie.

    Genealogy

    This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Morosuke. He was the oldest son; and became head of the Hokke branch of the clan after his uncle Saneyori died in 970.

    Koretada had four brothers: Kaneie, Kanemichi, Kinsue, and Tamemitsu.

    References

    Fujiwara no Koretada Wikipedia
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