Minamoto no Motomi (源旧鑑)

MINAMOTO no Motomi (written as 旧鑑 or 舊鑒) (year of birth unknown - March 908) was shisei kozoku (member of the Imperial Family conferred with a family name) in the early Heian period. His given name can also be written as "職鑑." He was the son of Emperor Koko. His mother was a Sanuki clan member who was a lady in waiting in the court (the daughter of SANUKI no Naganao who held the rank of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and the office of Shikibu-sho (the Ministry of Ceremonial)). He was a paternal half-brother of Emperor Uda. His children included MINAMOTO no Fushi (a lady in waiting in the court for Emperor Daigo).

In March 870, he was conferred with a family name of Minamoto and demoted from nobility to subject. In 884, he was awarded a seasonal kimono as his salary and rose to the rank of Jushiinojo (Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade) from no rank after the enthronement of his father Imperial Prince Tokiyasu as Emperor Koko. In February 886, he became a governor of Bizen Province. After that, he became Kyoshiki (the Capital Bureau) and then held the office of Okura-kyo (Minister of the Treasury) with the rank of Shoshiinoge (Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade). He died in March 908.

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