Fujiwara no Moromichi

Fujiwara no Moromichi (1062–1099) was a late Heian regent, the eldest son of the kampaku Fujiwara no Morozane. In 1094 he succeeded his father as kampaku and, with Emperor Horikawa, pursued vigorous government independent of retired Emperor Shirakawa, reining in the cloister court's appointees; contemporaries praised the realm as orderly under his rule.

In 1095 he forcefully rejected Enryaku-ji monks' demands and had their armed protest driven off. He died suddenly in 1099, aged 37, and the regent house never recovered its former power against Shirakawa.