Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Fujiwara no Akimitsu (藤原 顕光, 944 – July 7, 1021) was a Japanese Heian period bureaucrat, who held the post of Sadaijin (Minister of the Left).

Akimitsu is known for having been involved in a strange set of circumstances regarding his daughter, En-shi.

En-shi was married to the Emperor's son, Imperial Prince Atsuakira (敦明親王) (later, Ko-Ichijō In, 小一条院).

She died soon afterwards of grief, and Akimitsu is said to have asked an onmyoji named Ashiya Dōman to cast a spell or curse on Michinaga.

Akimitsu thus came to be known as Akuryō-safu (悪霊左府), meaning "the safu (=Sadaijin) with evil spirits."

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