was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshikado" in .
Career at court He was a minister holding the title of daijō-daijin.
Genealogy This member of the Fujiwara clan was the sixth son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.Florenz, Karl. (1906) Among Yoshikada's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no NagayoshiBrinkley, Frank. (1915). and Fujiwara no Yoshisuke.
Descendants of Yoshikado include, Fujiwara no Kanesuke, Fujiwara no Masatada, Fujiwara no Tametoki and Murasaki Shikibu.
His immediate descendants were two sons by the names of Fujiwara no Takafuji and Fujiwara no Toshimoto.
Yoshikado is considered the ancestor of the Uesugi clan,Papinot, Edmond. (2003). Nobiliare du japon -- "Uesugi clan," pp. 67 (PDF 71 of 80). the Ii clan,Papinot, "Ii clan," p. 13 (PDF 17 of 80). and the Nichiren clan.
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References 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 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Papinot, Edmond.. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha.