Fujiwara no Yoshikado
NationalityJapanese
ParentsFujiwara no Fuyutsugu (father)

Fujiwara no Yoshikado (藤原良門, 8th-9th century) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.[1]

Career at court

He was a minister holding the title of daijō-daijin.[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the sixth son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.[2] Among Yoshikada's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no Nagayoshi[3] and Fujiwara no Yoshisuke.[1]

Descendants of Yoshikado include, Fujiwara no Kanesuke, Fujiwara no Masatada, Fujiwara no Tametoki and Murasaki Shikibu.[2]

His immediate descendants were two sons by the names of Fujiwara no Takafuji and Fujiwara no Toshimoto.[4]

Yoshikada is considered the ancestor of the Uesugi clan,[5] the Ii clan,[6] and the Nichiren clan.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshikado" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, at Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Florenz, Karl. (1906) Geschichte der japanischen Litteratur, Vols. 1-2, p. 208., p. 208, at Google Books
  3. Brinkley, Frank. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
  4. "Fujiwara no Yoshikado • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  5. Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du japon -- "Uesugi clan," pp. 67 (PDF 71 of 80).
  6. Papinot, "Ii clan," p. 13 (PDF 17 of 80).

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