Fujiwara no Akimitsu

Who was Fujiwara no Akimitsu?

Fujiwara no Akimitsu was a Japanese Heian period bureaucrat, who held the post of Sadaijin. His father was Fujiwara no Kanemichi.

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. When Imperial Prince Atsuakira chose to take on a daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga as a second wife in return for declination from Crown Prince, En-shi grew spiteful and turned to Akimitsu for help. She died soon afterwards of grief, and Akimitsu is said to have asked a bonze named Dōman to cast a spell or curse on Michinaga. Akimitsu thus came to be known as Akuryō-safu, meaning "the safu with evil spirits."