Fujiwara no Tamenori

Fujiwara no Tamenori was a mid-Heian noble and warrior of the Fujiwara Southern House, son of Hitachi governor Fujiwara no Korechika and cousin of Taira no Masakado. Defeated by Masakado in 939, he fled to his kinsman Taira no Sadamori.

In the second month of 940, as an imperial commander with Sadamori and Fujiwara no Hidesato, he helped destroy Masakado and freed his father. Rewarded with junior fifth rank and the office of moku no suke, he took the title Kudō Taifu, becoming ancestor of the Kudō clan, and later held provisional governorships in several provinces.