Japan January – Fujiwara no Kenshi (daughter of Michinaga) is married to the imperial heir Crown Prince Okisada. February 14 – On the death of Fujiwara no Korechika his daughter, the poet Fujiwara no Chikako, becomes a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi. Emperor Ichijō wants to retire – the influential statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga supports Crown Prince Okisada (now his son-in-law), who will be the successor, but the emperor prefers his eldest son by the late Empress Teishi, Prince Atsuyasu, who has been raised by Empress Shōshi, who also supports her stepson, leading to conflict at court.
Japan January – Fujiwara no Kenshi (daughter of Michinaga) is married to the imperial heir Crown Prince Okisada. February 14 – On the death of Fujiwara no Korechika his daughter, the poet Fujiwara no Chikako, becomes a lady-in-waiting to Empress Shōshi. Emperor Ichijō wants to retire – the influential statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga supports Crown Prince Okisada (now his son-in-law), who will be the successor, but the emperor prefers ,his eld.est son by the late Empress Teishi, Prince Atsuyasu, who has been rai,sed by Empress Shōshi, who also supports her stepson, l:eading to conflict at court.