FUJIWARA

Meaning of FUJIWARA in English

/fooh'jee wahr"euh/ ; Japn. /fooh"jee wah"rddah/ , n.

a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, A.D. 858-1160.

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FUJIWARA STYLE — Japanese sculptural style of the late Heian period (897–1185). The style of the principal icons accorded with the emotional appeal …
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FUJIWARA FAMILY — Dynastic family that dominated Japanese court government in the 9th–12th centuries. The family maintained a close relationship to the imperial …
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FUJIWARA STYLE — Japanese sculptural style of the Late Heian period (8971185), known also as the Fujiwara period. Although many sculptures at the …
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FUJIWARA YOSHIFUSA — born 804, Kyoto, Japan died Oct. 7, 872, Kyoto imperial courtier under whom the Fujiwara family began its three-century-long domination …
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FUJIWARA YORIMICHI — born 992, Kyoto, Japan died March 2, 1074, Uji, near Kyoto imperial courtier who, as regent for three emperors, dominated …
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FUJIWARA TOKIHIRA — born 871, Kyoto died April 26, 909, Kyoto Japanese Imperial minister who checked the efforts of the emperor Uda (reigned …
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FUJIWARA TADAHIRA — born 880, Kyoto died Sept. 9, 949, Kyoto Japanese statesman who assumed the leadership of the Fujiwara family in 909 …
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FUJIWARA SHUNZEI — born 1114, Japan died Dec. 22, 1204, Kyoto also called Fujiwara Toshinari, original name Fujiwara Akihiro, also called Shakua Japanese …
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FUJIWARA SADAIE — born 1162, Japan died Sept. 26, 1241, Kyoto also called Teika, or Fujiwara Teika one of the greatest poets of …
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FUJIWARA MOTOTSUNE — born 836, Kyoto, Japan died Feb. 25, 891, Kyoto Japanese regent, creator (in 880) of the post of kampaku, or …
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FUJIWARA MICHINAGA — born 966, Kyoto died Jan. 3, 1028, Kyoto the most powerful of the Fujiwara regents, during whose reign the Imperial …
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FUJIWARA KAMATARI — born 614, Yamato Province, Japan died Nov. 14, 669, Yamato Province original name Nakatomi Kamatari, or Kamako founder of the …
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FUJIWARA FUHITO — born 659, Japan died Sept. 9, 720, Japan Japanese statesman whose descendants formed the four houses of the Fujiwara family …
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FUJIWARA FAMILY — dynastic family that, by shrewd intermarriage and diplomacy, dominated the Japanese imperial government from the 9th to the 12th century. …
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FUJIWARA FAMILY — Dynastic family that dominated Japanese court government in the 9th12th centuries. The family maintained a close relationship to the imperial …
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SOGA FAMILY — Japanese aristocratic family preeminent in the 7th century and instrumental in introducing Buddhism to Japan. Soga Umako (d. 626) overcame …
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JŌCHŌ — died 1057, Japan Japanese Buddhist sculptor. The son and pupil of a sculptor, he worked primarily for the Fujiwara family …
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INSEI — (Japanese; " cloistered government ") Rule by retired emperors who have taken Buddhist vows and retired to cloisters. During the …
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HEIAN PERIOD — (794–1185) Period of Japanese history named for the capital city of Heian-kyō ( Kyōto ). It is known mainly for …
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NISE-E — (Japanese: likeness painting), form of sketchy portraiture that became fashionable in the court circles of 12th- and 13th-century Japan. Realistic …
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KAMPAKU — (Japanese: white barrier), in Japanese history, office of chief councillor or regent to an adult emperor. The post was created …
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UDA — born June 10, 867, Kyoto, Japan died Sept. 3, 931, Kyoto in full Uda Tenno, personal name Sadami 59th emperor …
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SUGAWARA MICHIZANE — posthumous name Tenjin born 845, Japan died March 26, 903, Dazaifu, Japan Japanese political figure and scholar of Chinese literature …
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SHIRAKAWA — born July 8, 1053, Kyoto, Japan died July 24, 1129, Kyoto in full Shirakawa Tenno, personal name Sadahito 72nd emperor …
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SANJO, GO- — born Sept. 3, 1034, Kyoto died June 15, 1073, Kyoto in full Go-Sanjo Tenno, personal name Takahito 71st emperor of …
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ONO TOFU — born 894, Japan died 964, Japan Japanese calligrapher known as one of the Sanseki (Three Brush Traces), in effect the …
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JAPAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a white field bearing a central red disk (a stylized sun). The flag has a width-to-length …
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HOGEN DISTURBANCE — Japanese Hogen No Ran (July 1156), in Japan, conflict in the Hogen era between the Taira and Minamoto clans that …
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HEIAN PERIOD — in Japanese history, the period between 794 and 1185, named for the location of the Imperial capital, which was moved …
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DAIGO — born Feb. 6, 885, Kyoto died Oct. 23, 930, Kyoto in full Daigo Tenno, personal name Atsukimi 60th emperor of …
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INSEI — (Japanese; " cloistered government ") Rule by retired emperors who have taken Buddhist vows and retired to cloisters. During the …
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