Fujiwara no Yorimichi

Fujiwara no Yorimichi (992–1074), eldest son of Fujiwara no Michinaga, dominated mid-Heian court politics. He became regent for Emperor Go-Ichijo in 1017 at twenty-six, the youngest sessho ever, and as regent or kampaku led the government for some fifty years under three emperors.

He made his Uji villa into Byodo-in and its Phoenix Hall. After Emperor Go-Sanjo, with no Fujiwara mother, took the throne in 1068, he retired, took vows in 1072, and died in 1074.