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Fujiwara no Motohira

d. 1157 · 12th century

Fujiwara no Motohira was the second lord of the Northern Fujiwara, who ruled Mutsu and Dewa in northern Japan from Hiraizumi. The son of Kiyohira, he succeeded after a struggle with his brother in 1128 and maintained the family's largely independent power while acknowledging the court in Kyoto. He began the great temple of Mōtsū-ji, and his remains lie in the Golden Hall of Chūson-ji.

Fujiwara no Motohira
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Northern Fujiwara

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