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Fujiwara no Morotada

Fujiwara no Morotada (藤原師尹; July 24, 920 — December 1, 969) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the

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Fujiwara no Morotada (藤原師尹; July 24, 920 — December 1, 969) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.

He was a minister during the reign of Emperor Reizei.

968 (Kōhō 5, 12th month): Morotada is named udaijin.

969 (Anna 2, 3rd month): Morotada is elevated to the position of sadaijin in the Imperial court.

969 (Anna 2, 10th month): Sadaijin Morotada died.

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Tadahira. Morotada was the youngest son. He had two brothers: Saneyori and Morosuke.

Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099

Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

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