Fujiwara Yorinaga and His Real Mother : Reference to Her as the "Person of Old" in Taiki

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  • 藤原頼長と生母 : 『台記』における「昔人」呼称をめぐって
  • フジワラヨリナガ ト セイボ タイキ ニ オケル ムカシビト コショウ オ メグッテ

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This paper notes that, in his diary, called Taiki, Fujiwara Yorinaga (1120〜1156), born in a family that produced regents/chief advisers to the Emperor during the era of rule by retired Emperors, refers to his deceased real mother as the "person of old", and its implied meaning is examined. In the background of this reference to her as the "person of old" was the existence of Minamoto Shishi, the legal wife of Tadazane, Yorinaga's father, who became Yorinaga's adoptive mother. She was something guaranteeing his legitimacy as a successor. It is this Shishi that Yorinaga identified as his mother, whom he must respect. However, the existence of his real mother was not entirely disregarded in his mind ; there are entries in his diary in which feeling of deep attachment to her can be detected. The reference to his real mother as the "person of old" represents internal fulfillment of the positioning of his two mothers, and symbolizes strong persistence in attaining the status of a regent/chief adviser to the Emperor, as well as the suppressed feelings for his real mother under that persistence, on the part of Yorinaga,\ who was shortly to rush headlong toward the civil war of the Hogen era.

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  • 人間文化論叢

    人間文化論叢 8 4.1-4.9, 2005

    お茶の水女子大学大学院人間文化研究科

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