Sanjō Kiminori

Sanjō Kiminori (1103–1160) was a late-Heian court noble, son of Sanjō Saneyuki and second head of the Sanjō house. Through his cousin Bifukumon'in he won the cloistered Emperor Toba's trust. In 1155 he joined the council that placed Go-Shirakawa on the throne, and in the Hōgen Disturbance of 1156 served him, becoming minister of the centre in 1157.

During the Heiji Disturbance he helped Emperor Nijō flee the palace to Taira no Kiyomori at Rokuhara. He died of dysentery in 1160, before his father.