Minamoto no Michichika

Minamoto no Michichika (1149–1202) was a Murakami Genji noble and statesman of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. He joined the kugyō as sangi in 1180, and in 1198 secured the enthronement of his adopted daughter's son as Emperor Tsuchimikado, dominating the court as the emperor's maternal grandfather and rising to naidaijin.

Serving seven emperors, he brought the Murakami Genji to the height of their power. He died in 1202. A waka poet, he helped plan the Shin Kokin Wakashū.