Fujiwara no Mototsune

Fujiwara no Mototsune (Japanese藤原 基 経; * 836, † 891 ) was a high Japanese Hofadeliger ( Kuge ), who continued the started by Fujiwara no Yoshifusa tradition of Fujiwara to occupy the function of a Sesshō ( regent for the minor Emperor of Japan ) Japan and thus de facto govern themselves.

After the emperor reached adulthood, Mototsune invented for himself the position of a Kampaku ( regent ) to resume the power of the Fujiwara through the entire reign of the adult emperor.

  • Fujiwara
  • Regent (Japan)
  • Born 836
  • Died 891
  • Man
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