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This, in fact, was the first step towards the transfer of administrative power from the Throne to the Fujiwara. In the year 851, the Emperor Montoku ascended the throne, and Fujiwara Yoshifusa was appointed minister of the Right. Yoshifusa married Princess Kiyo, daughter of the Emperor Saga.

The names of such members of the Fujiwara family as Mimori, Otsugu, Yoshino, Sadanushi, Nagara, Yoshisuke, and Yasunori, who wrought and ruled in the period from Heijo and Saga to Montoku and Seiwa, might justly stand high in any record.* *The office of Kwampaku was continued from the time of its creation, 882, to 1868. The Emperor Uda, as already stated, owed everything to the Fujiwara.

By her, Montoku had a son, Prince Korehito, whose chance of succeeding to the crown should have been very slender since he had three half-brothers, the oldest of whom, Prince Koretaka, had already attained his fourth year at the time of Korehito's birth, and was his father's favourite.

Vide the remarks of the Chinese sage on Tai-pei, Chou-kung, Wen-wang, and Wu-wang. 54th Sovereign, Nimmyo A.D. 834-850 55th " Montoku 851-858 56th " Seiwa 859-876 57th " Yozei 877-884 58th " Koko 885-887 59th " Uda 888-897 60th " Daigo 898-930 In the year 834, Junna abdicated in favour of his elder brother Saga's second son, who is known in history as Emperor Nimmyo.

In fact, Montoku would certainly have nominated Koretaka to be Prince Imperial had he not feared to offend the Fujiwara. These let it be seen very plainly what they designed. The baby, Korehito, was taken from the palace into Yoshifusa's mansion, and when only nine months old was nominated Crown Prince. The event enriched Japanese literature.