Fujiwara no Tadamichi

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.

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 (円観).

Marriage and Children

Parents

• Father: Fujiwara no Tadazane (藤原 忠実, 1078 – 1162)
• Mother: Minamoto no Moroko (源師子), daughter of Minamoto no Akifusa (源顕房)

Consort and issue:

• Wife: Fujiwara no Soshi (藤原宗子, 1190 – 1155), daughter of Fujiwara no Munemichi (藤原宗通)
• Fujiwara no Kiyoko (藤原 聖子; 1122–1182), Wife of Emperor Sutoku, first daughter
• Third son (d.1127)
• Wife: Minamoto no Nobuko (源信子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信)
• Konoe Motozane (近衛 基実, 1143 – August 23, 1166), fourth son
• Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信), younger sister of Nobuko
• Fujiwara no Motofusa (藤原 基房, 1144 – February 1, 1230), fifth son
• Shinen (1153 – 1224), ninth son
• Saichu, thirteenth son
• Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Akitoshi (源顕俊)
• Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原 育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173), Wife of Emperor Nijō, second daughter
• Wife: Kaga no Tsubone (加賀局), daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu (藤原仲光)
• Fujiwara no Kanezane (藤原 兼実, 1149 – May 3, 1207), sixth son
• Doen (1151–1170), eight son
• Fujiwara no Kanefusa (藤原 兼房, 1153 – March 30, 1217), tenth son
• Jien (慈円, 17 May 1155 in Kyoto – 28 October 1225), eleventh son
• Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu (藤原基信)
• Eshin (恵信, 1114 – 1171), first son
• Wife: Lady Gōjō (五条), daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune (源盛経)
• Takadata (尊忠; b.1150), seventh son
• Wife Unknown
• Kakuchu (覚忠; 1118 – 1177), Priest, second son

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