Fujiwara no Koretada

Fujiwara no Koretada (藤原 伊尹; 924–972), also known as Ichijō sesshō and Mikawa-kō, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tokihira" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).

Career

Emperor Murakami named Koretada conservator of Japanese poetry in 951.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no I tada", pre-Hepburn romanization

Koretada served as a minister during the reign of Emperor En'yū.

• 970 (Tenroku 1, 1st month): Koretada is named udaijin.
• 970 (Tenroku 1, 5th month): After the death of Fujiwara no Saneyori, Koretada is named sesshō (regent).
• 971 (Tenroku 2, 11th month): Koretada assumes the office of daijō daijin.
• 972 (Tenroku 3, 5th day of the 1st month): The enthronement of Emperor En'yu is supervised by Koretada.
• 972 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Koretada died at age 49; and he was posthumously raised to first class rank. He was granted the posthumous title of Mikawa-kō.

The immediate consequence of Koretada's death was a period of intense rivalry between his brothers Kanemichi and Kaneie.<ref...
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