![]() ![]() ![]() When then-regent Michitaka died unexpectedly, followed by the death of his next eldest brother, Michikane (961–995), the way was clear for Michinaga’s rise to an unassailable position of influence. The eclipse of Teishi and her children by her cousin was a swift final chapter in the rivalry between the sublineages represented by the two empresses’ fathers, Fujiwara no Michinaga and his elder brother Fujiwara no Michitaka (953–995). Emperor Ichijō already had an empress, Shōshi’s paternal first cousin Fujiwara no Teishi (976–1001), who bore him two sons. 986–1011) heralded the rise of her father, Fujiwara no Michinaga (966–1028), to dominance over imperial court politics. ![]() The entrance of Murasaki Shikibu’s mistress, Fujiwara no Shōshi (988–1074), into the entourage of Emperor Ichijō (r. ![]()
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