morozane

Updated: May 26, 2025

This lady, Kenko, had been adopted into the family of Fujiwara Morozane, and it is recorded that Yorimichi and Morozane shed tears of delight when they heard of her selection by the Crown Prince so greatly had the influence of the Fujiwara declined. Shirakawa modelled himself on his father. He personally administered affairs of State, displaying assiduity and ability but not justice.

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