Fujiwara no Morinori

Fujiwara no Morinori was a late-Heian court noble of the Fujiwara Northern House's Kanjūji line and the eldest son of Shōnagon Fujiwara no Akinori. His aunt was Fujiwara no Yorinaga's mother, and as a maternal cousin he served Yorinaga as a close attendant. He also waited on Retired Emperor Sutoku.

In the Hōgen Disturbance of 1156 he joined the Sutoku side; after the defeat he fled with Yorinaga, took the tonsure and was captured. Tortured on a sorcery charge, he was exiled to Sado Province in 1156. His grandson Shigefusa founded the Uesugi clan.