Fujiwara no Kaneie

Fujiwara no Kaneie (c. 929–990), a son of Fujiwara no Morosuke and father of three regent sons including Michinaga, was long out of favour under his ascendant brother Kanemichi. He was named minister of the right in 978.

In the Kanna Disturbance of 986 he and his son Michikane pressured Emperor Kazan into taking the tonsure, placing his seven-year-old grandson on the throne as Emperor Ichijō. He then ruled as sesshō regent, became grand minister in 989, and took Buddhist vows shortly before his death in 990.