, also known as Onomiya-dono, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
Career He was a minister during the reigns of Emperor Reizei and Emperor En'yū. 2 May 944 (Tengyō 7, 7th day of the 4th month): Saneyori was elevated to the position of udaijin in the Imperial court hierarchy.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Sane yori", pre-Hepburn romanization 19 May 947 (Tenryaku 1, 26th day of the 4th month): Saneyori is promoted to the positions of sadaijin and grand general of the left.Titsingh, . 949 (Tenryaku 3, 1st month): Saneyori and his brother Morosuke shared the duties of daijō-daijin during a period of Fujiwara no Tadahira's ill-health. 958 (Tentoku 2, 3rd month): Saneyori was granted special permission to travel in a wheeled vehicle.Titsingh, . 26 March 963 (Ōwa 3, 28th day of the 2nd month): Saneyori presided at the coming of age ceremonies for Norihira-shinnō (憲平親王) who would later become Emperor Reizei.Titsingh, . 31 July 967 (Kōhō 4, 22nd day of the 6th month): Saneyori began serving as kampaku when Emperor Reizei assumed the throne in 967. 27 September 969 (Anna 2, 13th day of the 8th month): Saneyori was appointed sesshō (regent). 24 June 970 (Tenroku 1, 18th day of the 5th month): Saneyori died at age 70; and he was posthumously elevated to the first class in rank.Titsingh, .
After his death, Saneyori's nephew Koretada assumed his duties when he was named sesshō after his death.Brinkley, ; Titsingh,
Genealogy This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Tadahira. Saneyori was the eldest son. He had two brothers: Morosuke and Morotada.Brinkley, .
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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 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691