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During the Nara period Fujiwara clan established their political influence. Fujiwara no Fuhito , the son and heir of Kamatari was prominent at the court of several emperors and empresses. He made his daughter Miyako a concubine of the Emperor Mommu. Her son, Prince Obito became the Emperor Shomu. Fuhito succeeded in making his another daughter Komyoshi the empress of Shomu. She was the first empress of Japan who didn't derive from the imperial family. Fuhito had four sons and each of those four founded a family. Among them, Hokke (North family) seized the power and was considered the leader of the entire clan.
During Heian periods of Japanese history, the Fujiwara clan, precisely Fujiwara Hokke managed to establish a hereditary claim to the position of regent, either for an underage emperor (Sessho) or for an adult one (Kampaku). Some prominent Fujiwaras occupied these positions more than once, and for more than one emperor.
Lesser members of the Fujiwara were court nobles, provincial governors and vice governors, members of the provincial aristocracy, and samuraiSamurai ( or sometimes ) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan. A more appropriate term is bushi (lit. warrior or armsman") which came into use during the Edo period. However, the term "samurai" now usually refers to warrior nobility, not.
YoshifusaFujiwara no Yoshifusa (, 804 872) was the first of the great regents from the Fujiwara clan. A skilful politician, he managed to set up his own grandson as the emperor Seiwa, with himself acting as regent and de facto ruler. He was the first regent in Jap ( 804Events March 30 Liudger becomes 1st Bishop of Munster. Charlemagne finishes the conquest of Saxony. Births Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Japanese Regent. Louis the German, Carolingian King of East Francia. Deaths May 19 Alcuin of York, bishop of Tours, advisor t- 872Events Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Finehair first king of Norway. Gascony becomes an independent kingdom, with Sancho I Mitarra as its first king. 14 December: John VIII becomes pope. Louis II is crowned emperor for the second time. Births Deat) Sessho: ( 866Events Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes regent of Japan, starting the Fujiwara regentship. Alfonso III succeeds as king of Asturias. Louis II beats the Saracen invaders in Italy. Ivar the Boneless crosses over to England and beats and captures king Ella of N- 872Events Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Finehair first king of Norway. Gascony becomes an independent kingdom, with Sancho I Mitarra as its first king. 14 December: John VIII becomes pope. Louis II is crowned emperor for the second time. Births Deat)During the 13th century, the Fujiwara northern house was split into the five regent houses (五摂家): Konoe, Takatsukasa, Kujo, Nijo and Ichijo . They monopolized the offices of Sessho and Kampaku in turn.