Fujiwara no Kinnari

Fujiwara no Kinnari (999–1043) was a mid-Heian court noble of the Northern House's Kan'in line, eldest son of Middle Counsellor Fujiwara no Sanenari and maternal grandfather of Emperor Shirakawa. Adopted in childhood by his grandfather, Grand Minister Fujiwara no Kinsue, he came of age in 1011 and rose to become a councillor.

In 1043 he was promoted to provisional middle counsellor at junior second rank, but died months later aged forty-five. His daughter Shigeko, adopted by Fujiwara no Yoshinobu, married Emperor Go-Sanjō and bore Shirakawa, beginning his line's rise as imperial in-laws.