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Bookmark or Share- Fujiwara Family | Japanese Aristocrats & Regents | BritannicaFujiwara Family, dynastic family that, by shrewd intermarriage and diplomacy, dominated the Japanese imperial government from the 9th to the 12th century. The power and authority of the Fujiwara family rested not on military prowess but on political strategy and on the family’s special relationship
- Fujiwara clan - WikipediaThe Fujiwara clan (藤原氏, Fujiwara-shi or Fujiwara- uji) was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
- Fujiwara Kamatari | Fujiwara Clan, 645 AD, Founder of Taika ...Fujiwara Kamatari (born 614, Yamato Province, Japan—died Nov. 14, 669, Yamato Province) was the founder of the great Fujiwara family that dominated Japan from the 9th to the 12th centuries. In the early 7th century the powerful Soga family totally dominated the Japanese Imperial court.
- Fujiwara Clan - World History EncyclopediaThe Fujiwara Clan (Fujiwara-shi) was a powerful extended family group which dominated all areas of Japanese government during the Heian Period (794-1185). Founded by Fujiwara no Kamatari in 645 CE, male members held on to key official positions, many acting as regents to the emperor, and ensured their daughters married into the imperial line.
- Fujiwara Michinaga | Heian period, court politics, Japanese ...Fujiwara Michinaga (born 966, Kyōto—died Jan. 3, 1028, Kyōto) was the most powerful of the Fujiwara regents, during whose reign the Imperial capital in Kyōto achieved its greatest splendour, and the Fujiwara family, which dominated the Japanese court between 857 and 1160, reached the apogee of its rule. Michinaga was the son of Kaneie, the ...
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