Fujiwara no Tootsune

Fujiwara no Tootsune (835–888) was an early Heian noble of the Northern House, second son of Fujiwara no Nagara and a maternal uncle of Emperor Yozei. After guarding the palace gates he took junior fifth rank in 866.

From 876 he held key posts under his nephew Emperor Yozei, and in 882 became head of the imperial secretariat. Made major controller of the right in 886, he never joined the senior nobility and died in 888 at junior fourth rank, aged fifty-four.