Ōimikado Fuyuuji (1282 - 5 August 1324; 大炊御門 冬氏) was Minister of the Interior of Japan in the apex of his career.
Ōimikado Fuyuuji was born into the Ōimikado clan, a branch of the Fujiwara clan, as the son of Ōimikado Yoshimune, who was the son of Ōimikado Nobutsugu. He thus may be called Fujiwara Fuyuuji in old texts.
His father died early, and so his grandfather, Ōimikado Nobutsugu, cared for him as if he were his son.
He was made Minister of the Interior, but was soon replaced by Takatsukasa Fuyunori. Apparently after this, he became addicted to women and wine, perhaps to cope, and became an entertainer of sorts at the imperial court, as claimed by the diary of the former emperor Tomohito.[IDEH] On August 5, 1324, Ōimikado Fuyuuji passed away.[IDEH] He had became a Buddhist monk the day before.[IDEH] Tomihito attributed the untimely death of Ōimikado Fuyuuji to those addictions, claiming that he lost his energy due to them.[IDEH] His death would spark a succession crisis between his sons.
His tenure as Minister of the Interior lasted part of 1322; in that title, he was preceded by Kazanin Moronobu and succeeded by Takatsukasa Fuyunori.[DNHS-377]
[DNHS-377]: The History of Great Japan (chapter 377) (hyperlink)
[IDEH]: Imperial Diary of Emperor Hanazono, entry of the 16th day of the 8th lunar month of the 4th year of the Genkō era: "...Later, news came that court minister, the Minister of the Interior who strode the [Buddhist] path, Fujiwara Fuyuuji, had died. He was the son of Upper Counselor Yoshimune by wife. After the early death of Yoshimune, his paternal grandfather, the Minister of Governance, Nobushige, raised him like a son. [...] After he petitioned his resignation, he was confined in residence, and became inclined to indulging in wine and beauty. He would drink long into the night. This caused a multitude of illnesses to erupt, his vitality and energy devastated. Two or three days ago, his illness worsened to a diarrhoeal disease. Yesterday, he left his family to stride the [Buddhist] path. Today, he has died. He did not have a reputation of having ability and literary talent, only excelling at his family business. He had learned [to play the] [i]wagon[/i] and would always be selected whenever there was a royal trip."