Fujiwara no Yoshifusa

Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (Japanese藤原 良 房; * 804, † 872 ) was the first of the great rulers of Japan from the family of Fujiwara.

As a skilled politician, he managed to put his own minor grandson as Emperor Seiwa to the Japanese throne, he himself acted as his regent ( Sesshō ) and thus de facto ruler of Japan.

He was the first ruler in Japanese history, which did not originate itself from the imperial family.

• Fujiwara
• Regent (Japan)
• Born 804
• Died 872
• Man