michitaka's

Updated: May 27, 2025

On the death of Kaneiye the office of kwampaku fell to his eldest son, Michitaka, and, in 993, the latter being seriously ill, his son, Korechika, looked to be his successor. But the honour fell to Michitaka's brother, Michikane. Seven days after his nomination, Michikane died, and, as a matter of course, men said that he had been done to death by the incantations of his ambitious nephew.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era