Fujiwara no Mototsune 藤原基経 | |
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 Mototsune by Kikuchi Yōsai | |
| Born | 836 |
| Died | February 25, 891 |
| Family | Fujiwara Hokke |
| Father | Fujiwara no Yoshifusa |
Fujiwara no Mototsune (藤原 基経, 836 – February 25, 891), also known as Horikawa Daijin (堀川大臣), was a Japanese statesman, courtier and aristocrat of the early Heian period.[1] He was the first kampaku, a regent of an adult emperor, in Japanese history.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Mototsune" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 206, p. 206, at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books