Fujiwara no Yoshinobu

Fujiwara no Yoshinobu (995–1065) was a mid-Heian court noble and poet, the fourth son of Regent Fujiwara no Michinaga. He became provisional middle counsellor in 1017. In 1037 he became guardian of Prince Takahito, future Emperor Go-Sanjō, and in 1045 secured the dying Emperor Go-Suzaku's testament naming him heir.

For twenty years he was the prince's lone court supporter and married his adopted daughter Moshi to him. He died in 1065, aged seventy-one, before Takahito's accession, and in 1073 was posthumously made grand minister.