Fujiwara no Nagara

Fujiwara no Nagara (802–856) was an early Heian statesman of the Northern House of the Fujiwara and eldest son of Minister of the Left Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu. Trusted by Emperor Ninmyo from his crown-prince years, he became councillor only in 844, ten years behind his brother Yoshifusa, and reached junior second rank in 856, dying soon after.

His daughter Takaiko bore Emperor Yozei, while his third son Mototsune, adopted by Yoshifusa, fathered the five regent houses. Nagara was posthumously made grand minister in 879.