In 1870, Emperor Meiji promulgated the "Order for the Tolerance of Civilian Miao Characters", and five years later, the "Order on the Compulsory Title of Civilian Miao Characters", since then all Japanese people have their own surnames, while before that, Japanese commoners only had first names and no surnames, and Japanese magnates had names and surnames.
Fujiwara clan is one of the Japanese aristocratic surnames, originally the Nakato clan, which together with the Jibu clan was responsible for the sacred affairs and ritual activities of the Japanese imperial family, at that time, the Japanese emperor did not have much real power, the power was in the hands of the noble Su I clan, of which Su I I entered the deer and forced the royal family of the upper palace to commit suicide en masse, directly threatening the authority of the imperial family, so the Otomi Rebellion broke out.
Su I entered the deer was assassinated, the eldest brother of the middle brother Crown Prince saved his life, and the middle brother Kamakura became a confidant of the middle brother Crown Prince, the middle elder brother Crown Prince ascended the throne as The Tenchi Heavenly Empress, and gave the surname "Fujiwara" to the Middle Minister Kamakura, fujiwara Kamakura's son Bubi, because he was valued by Emperor Bunmu, he could also be surnamed Fujiwara.
In addition, Fujiwara's daughter Hikariko became the empress of Emperor Shengmu, and the Fujiwara clan gradually developed and grew, thus stepping onto the stage of Japanese history.
This surname has occupied an important position in Japan for nearly 500 years, and the regent Sekibai (referred to as "Regency") was also born from the Fujiwara clan, and the Fujiwara clan had the title of Regent, at the beginning, regent and Sekibai were two positions, the first regent was Fujiwara Yoshinori, and the first Sekibai was Fujiwara Kikei.
Fujiwara Ryobo's sister Fujiwara Junko married Emperor Inmachi, and Fujiwara Ryobo married Emperor Inmamoto's sister Gengehime, and the power of the Fujiwara clan was further enhanced, even with the intention of elevating the Emperor of Japan.
The son born to Emperor Ninmei and Fujiwara Shunko became Emperor Buntoku, and The daughters of Fujiwara Ryobo and Gengehime, Akiko and Emperor Buntoku, had Prince Weijin, and because Emperor Buntoku was weak and sick, Fujiwara Yoshio took advantage of Emperor Buntoku's recent ascension to the throne and his foundation was unstable, thus coercing Emperor Buntoku to appoint Prince Weijin as crown prince.
In 858, Emperor Buntoku died young, and the nine-year-old Crown Prince Mihito ascended the throne as Emperor Kiyowa, but the power had fallen into the hands of Fujiwara Yoshifu, but in order to make himself decent control of the imperial government, Fujiwara Yoshifuya himself assumed the position of "regent".
After Fujiwara Yoshio's death, Fujiwara Kiekei gradually took control of the government, and his sister Fujiwara Takako married Emperor Kiyokazu, and in 876, Emperor Kiyowa gave way to his son and Fujiwara Takako's son, Sadaaki, who was only 9 years old at the time, and Fujiwara Kiyomi was regent as the emperor's uncle.
Fujiwara Kiyoshi lived through four generations of Emperor Ren kiyowa, Emperor Yosunari, Emperor Mitsutaka, and Emperor Utah, and held two positions, namely "Regency", of which Emperor Mitsutaka was the son of Emperor Hitomi and his mother was Fujiwara Junko, who ascended the throne entirely because of Fujiwara Kiyoshi.
Before he ascended the throne, Emperor Mitsutaka was living on a shoestring, so he often borrowed money from relatives and friends, and later became emperor, and the creditors dared to collect debts in front of the imperial palace, so Emperor Mitsutaka had to use the treasury to pay off debts.
At that time, the Fujiwara clan already had the right to rule the emperor's abolition, and Emperor Mitsutaka obeyed Fujiwara Kikei and even demoted all his children to vassals, and the heir was also established by Fujiwara Kikei, so Emperor Uta ascended the throne.
After Emperor Uta succeeded to the throne, he had the idea of resisting the fujiwara clan's power, but Emperor Uta was powerless and had to marry a Fujiwara woman, and in 897, Emperor Uta gave way to the 13-year-old Emperor Daigo and shaved his own family.
At the beginning of the 11th century, the Fujiwara clan reached their "highest peak", and fujiwara Michiaga's three daughters, Fujiwara Akiko, Fujiwara Yeoko, and Fujiwara Yoshiko, all became empresses, and although Fujiwara women became the emperor's wives before Fujiwara Michiaga, since Fujiwara Michiaga, the Fujiwara clan has officially had the custom of sending their daughters to marry the imperial family.
The Fujiwara family has controlled Japan for nearly 500 years, so that the emperor can only marry the woman of this family for a time, and it is not difficult to see from Japan's past history that the Japanese imperial family did not purely value blood, but most importantly from profit.