Matsudono Moroie


Matsudono Moroie, third son of Matsudono Motofusa, was a kugyō from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura period. Regent Fujiwara no Tadataka and Buddhist monks Gyōi and are his stepbrothers.
Though he was not first-born, in 1179 at age of 8 he was promoted to gon-chūnagon, one of Daijō-kan due to the political tension between Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Taira no Kiyomori. However, this caused backlash from Kiyomori, leading to the Jisho coup in the same year.
In 1232, he ordained as a Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Daishin.