Fujiwara no Sanesuke
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Fujiwara no Sanesuke (藤原実資)(957-1046), also known as Go-Ono no Miya, was a son of Fujiwara no Tadatoshi. He became udaijin (Minister of the Right) in 1021, and lived to be ninety.
Sanesuke is mentioned in the Diary of Murasaki Shikibu, author of Genji Monogatari. In it, she praises him for being out of the ordinary, and describes in detail a number of occasions of his superstitious behavior. In the Diary, Sanesuke is described as having summoned exorcists on a number of occasions, and employed children in the beating of gongs to cure him of illness or nightmares.
[edit] References
- Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
- Sansom, George (1958). 'A History of Japan to 1334'. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
