was the eldest son of the Japanese regent (Kampaku) Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien. In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamichi sided with the Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother Fujiwara no Yorinaga sided with Emperor Sutoku. In 1162, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Enkan (円観). Marriage and Children Parents Father: Fujiwara no Yorinaga (藤原 頼長, May 1120 – August 1, 1156) Mother: Minamoto no Moroko (源師子), daughter of Minamoto no Akifusa (源顕房) Consort and issue: Wife: Fujiwara no Soshi (藤原宗子, 1190 – 1155), daughter of Fujiwara no Munemichi (藤原宗通) Fujiwara no Kiyoko (藤原 聖子 ; 1122-1182), Wife of Emperor Sutoku, first daughter Third son (d.1127) Wife: Minamoto no Nobuko (源信子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信) Konoe Motozane (近衛 基実, 1143 – August 23, 1166), fourth son Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Norinobu (源国信), younger sister of Nobuko Fujiwara no Motofusa (藤原 基房, 1144 – February 1, 1230), fifth son Shinen (1153 – 1224), ninth son Saichu, thirteenth son Wife: Minamoto no Toshiko (源俊子), daughter of Minamoto no Akitoshi (源顕俊) Fujiwara no Ikushi (藤原 育子; 1146 – September 23, 1173), Wife of Emperor Nijō, second daughter Wife: Kaga no Tsubone (加賀局), daughter of Fujiwara no Nakamitsu (藤原仲光) Fujiwara no Kanezane (藤原 兼実, 1149 – May 3, 1207), sixth son Doen (1151-1170), eight son Fujiwara no Kanefusa (藤原 兼房, 1153 – March 30, 1217), tenth son Jien (慈円, 17 May 1155 in Kyoto – 28 October 1225), eleventh son Wife: Daughter of Fujiwara no Motonobu (藤原基信) Eshin (恵信, 1114 – 1171), first son Wife: Lady Gōjō (五条), daughter of Minamoto no Moritsune (源盛経) Takadata (尊忠; b.1150), seventh son Wife Unknown Kakuchu (覚忠; 1118 – 1177), Priest, second son References 1097 births 1164 deaths Sesshō and Kampaku Regents of Japan Fujiwara clan People of Heian-period Japan Hyakunin Isshu poets Heian period Buddhist clergy 12th-century Japanese calligraphers