Fujiwara no Kiyofusa

Fujiwara no Kiyofusa, also called Kanshuji Kiyofusa, was a court noble of the Kanshuji line of the Fujiwara Hokke, son of Fujiwara no Morinori. After his father and uncle were exiled in the Hogen Disturbance of 1156, the family fell, but Kiyofusa served Emperor Go-Toba and restored its standing. When the Jokyu Disturbance of 1221 brought Go-Toba's exile to Oki, Kiyofusa took the tonsure and followed him there.

In 1240 he was appointed governor of Dewa, and his second son Shigefusa, lord of the Uesugi manor in Tamba, became the founder of the Uesugi clan.