Fujiwara no Motoie (Mutsu no kami [the governor of Mutsu Province]) (藤原基家 (陸奥守))

FUJIWARA no Motoie (birth year unknown - 1093) was a court noble in the end of the Heian period. He was the eldest son of Sangi (councilor), FUJIWARA no Kanetsune and was a grandchild of Dainagon (chief councilor of state), FUJIWARA no Michitsuna,. His mother was a daughter of Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), FUJIWARA no Takaie. FUJIWARA no Atsuie was a younger brother with the same mother. He was a Sachujo (Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), and a Mutsu no kami (the governor of Mutsu Province).

In 1088, in the following year of the year when Gosannen no Eki (the Later Three Years' War) was over, he succeeded the post from MINAMOTO no Yoshiie after he was dismissed from the post of Mutsu no kami. In 1092, he reported to the imperial court that he observed a rebellion by FUJIWARA no Kiyohira, the largest local force in Mutsu Province.

In the following year (in 1093), he passed away in the province where he was posted.

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