Fujiwara no Mototsune

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Fujiwara no Mototsune
藤原 基経
Mototsune by Kikuchi Yōsai
Born836
DiedFebruary 25, 891(891-02-25) (aged 54–55)
FamilyFujiwara Hokke
FatherFujiwara 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.

  1. ^ 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

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