Kujo Kanezane was a descendant of Michinaga and an elite aristocrat even in the Kamakura period, but he was at the mercy of the Heike, Goshirakawa, and Genji.

April 5, 1207 (Ken'ei 2) is the day that Kujo Kanezane, an aristocrat from the Kamakura period, died. Some of you may remember that Cocorico's Tanaka played him in the historical drama "The 13 Lords of the Kamakura." If we look at his origins alone, he was a top aristocrat from the Fujiwara clan that descended from Michinaga Fujiwara, and was an elite among the elite. He was full of knowledge, well versed in the study of the emperor, and served …