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.
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... Read More