Fujiwara Clan

Fujiwara Clan (藤原氏) – was one of the most powerful and influential families of regents in Japan. Many characters in Touhou are connected with this family is some way.

Fujiwara no Kamatari
Fujiwara no Kamatari (Kamatari Nakatomi) was the founder of the Fujiwara Clan and a supposed grandfather of Mokou. This person is also connected to other Touhou characters, namely Taoists from Senkai. Futo's historical counterpart – Mononobe no Futsuhime, betrayed her clan in support of Miko (then Prince Shōtoku). A while later Fujiwara no Kamatari betrayed the Soga clan for a different emperor, causing Tojiko's clan to go extinct (645). Kamatari was given the clan name "Fujiwara" in gratitude for his services, but he was struck dead by lightning shortly thereafter, an incident which was said to be the curse of the Soga clan. If we take into consideration the fact, that Tojiko uses thunderbolt danmaku, it is possible that she is Fujiwara no Kamatari's murderer.

Fujiwara no Fuhito
One of the most powerful man of the Asuka Period and the person who rised his clan to greatness. He was also a supposed father of Mokou and one of the suitors of Kaguya-hime. He was tasked to retrieve a jeweled branch from the island of Mount Hourai. He later possessed Sanuki no Miyatsuko (Kaguya-hime's adoptive father) to enact revenge on him and Kaguya. He also provoked Mokou to drink the Hourai Elixir in his vengeful spirit form.

Fujiwara no Mokou
Mokou is said to be a daughter of Fuhito.

Fujiwara Clan and Other Characters
Fujiwara Clan was on of the four noble houses in ancient Japan, to which all the noble families belonged, so it's only natural that the cast of Touhou would be associated with them, in one way or another.

Fujiwara Clan and Yukari Yakumo
It is possible that Murasaki Shikibu, Japanese novelist and poet, and also one of the historical figures, on which Yukari Yakumo was based on, was actually a descriptive name of Fujiwara no Takako or Fujiwara no Kaoruko.

Fujiwara Clan and Suika Ibuki
Minamoto no Yorimitsu, a legendary samurai and the regents of Fujiwara Clan, killed the oni-king of Mount Ōe – Shuten-dōji for his crimes of kidnapping, raping and eating women of Heian-kyō. Suika is based on (or even "is") Shuten-dōji.

Fujiwara Clan and Yuyuko Saigyouji
Some theories say, that Saigyō, a person on which Yuyuko Saigyouji is based on (he also could be her father), was in love with Fujiwara no Shoshi. Shoshi was a mistress of Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Chugu, and also his fellow poet.

Fujiwara Clan and Hieda no Akyuu
Some Japanese ancient history enthusiasts believe, that Hieda no Are came from Fujiwara clan or even that 'Hieda no Are' was Fujiwara no Fuhito's pen name. However, this theories are not accepted by accepted by academic scholars.

Fujiwara Clan and Toyosatomimi no Miko
According to some proponents of the theory, that Prince Shōtoku was fictional, he was deliberately invented by Fujiwara no Fuhito during the writing of Nihon Shoki. He was supposedly created, so that the Japanese people would have an archetypal philosopher-emperor, similar the Chinese emperors.

Other historians say that, on the contrary, Shōtoku was a real person and Fuhito tried to erase him from history.

Fujiwara Clan and Momoyo Himemushi
Circa the year 940, in Japan of the Heian Period, a great centipede was laying waste to the countryside. It was so big it could wrap around a mountain seven and a half times. Momoyo Himemushi maybe based on the monster. Fujiwara no Hidesato (Mokou's great-great-great-great nephew) was on his way to a historically important battle, when he was suddenly accosted by the dragon king. The dragon king asked him for help with killing the centipede. Hidesato agreed to help him and slayed the monster centipede. The overjoyed dragon rewarded him with a neverending bag of rice. Ever since then, Hidesato was known as Mr Rice-bags (Tawara Tōda).