's birthplace, Suenori's villa, at
Seigan-ji. Suenori was born in 1090, in
Owari Province, where his father
Fujiwara no Suekane ruled as the acting governor (
mokudai) of Owari Province. At the time of his birth, his father was considerably old at 47 years of age, and died when Suenori was 12 years old. Suenori's mother was the daughter of Owari Kazumoto, the high priest (
daigūji) of
Atsuta Shrine. The
Owari clan had established the Atsuta Shrine in 192, and held the position of the shrine's high priest since ancient times, passing it down from generation to generation. However, in 1114, Kazumoto handed the position over to Suenori, who was from the
Fujiwara clan. Since then, the Fujiwara clan became the head of Atsuta Shrine, while the Owari clan stepped down to the position of adjutant chief priest (
gongūji). In August of the 3rd year of
Hōen (1137), Suenori, having seen a dream, passed the position of high priest down to his fifth son,
Norimasa. However, after Suenori's death in 1155, his eldest son
Noritada took the position from his younger brother. Outside Owari Province, Suenori spent a lot of his time in
Kyoto, and received the court rank of Junior Fourth Rank. Suenori died in 1155, at the age of 65. == Genealogy ==