Fujiwara no Nobumochi

Fujiwara no Nobumochi was a nobleman of the mid-tenth century and the second son of Chinjufu shōgun Fujiwara no Toshihito, of the Northern House of the Fujiwara. He rose to junior fifth rank and served as an imperial secretary.

Around 950 he was appointed Saigū no kami, director of the office serving the Ise princess. From the title Saigū and his Fujiwara surname he took the new name Saitō, becoming the ancestor of the Saitō clan.