Fujiwara no Tadamichi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Tadamichi (藤原ふじわら 忠ただし通どおり, March 15, 1097 – March 13, 1164) 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.

Fujiwara no Tadamichi (from Tennō Sekkan Daijin Eizukan)

In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku.

In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Enkan (円えん観かん).

Marriage and Children

Parents

• Father: Fujiwara no Tadazane (藤原ふじわら 忠実ちゅうじつ, 1078 – 1162)
• Mother: Minamoto no Moroko (源みなもと師し子こ), daughter of Minamoto no Akifusa (源みなもと顕房あきふさ)

Consort and issue:

• Wife: Fujiwara no Soshi (藤原ふじわら宗子むねこ, 1190 – 1155), daughter of Fujiwara no Munemichi (藤原ふじわら宗はじめ通どおり)
  • Fujiwara no Kiyoko (藤原ふじわら 聖子せいこ ; 1122–1182), Wife of Emperor Sutoku, first daughter
  • Third son (d.1127)
• Wife: Minamoto no Nobuko (源みなもと信子のぶこ), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源みなもと国信くにのぶ)
  • Konoe Motozane (近衛このえ 基はじめ実み, 1143 – August 23, 1166), fourth son
• Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源みなもと俊子としこ), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源みなもと国信くにのぶ), younger sister of Nobuko
  • Fujiwara no Motofusa (藤原ふじわら 基はじめ房ぼう, 1144 – February 1, 1230), fifth son
  • Shinen (1153 – 1224), ninth son
  • Saichu, thirteenth son
• Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源みなもと俊子としこ), daughter of Minamoto no Akitoshi (源みなもと顕あらわ俊しゅん)
  • Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原ふじわら 育子いくこ; 1146 – September 23, 1173), Wife of Emperor Nijō, second daughter
• Wife: Kaga no Tsubone (加賀かが局きょく), daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu (藤原ふじわら仲なか光ひかり)
  • Fujiwara no Kanezane (藤原ふじわら 兼けん実み, 1149 – May 3, 1207), sixth son
  • Doen (1151–1170), eight son
  • Fujiwara no Kanefusa (藤原ふじわら 兼房かねふさ, 1153 – March 30, 1217), tenth son
  • Jien (慈円じえん, 17 May 1155 in Kyoto – 28 October 1225), eleventh son
• Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu (藤原ふじわら基はじめ信しん)
  • Eshin (恵信えしん, 1114 – 1171), first son
• Wife: Lady Gōjō (五条ごじょう), daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune (源みなもと盛もり経けい)
  • Takadata (尊みこと忠ただし; b.1150), seventh son
• Wife Unknown
  • Kakuchu (覚さとし忠ただし; 1118 – 1177), Priest, second son