The Fujiwara have absolute control over the Japanese court within decades of Daigo's death.

Fujiwara Michinaga is able to enthrone and dethrone emperors at will by the year 1000.

Little authority is left for traditional officialdom, and government affairs are handled through the Fujiwara family's private administration.

The Fujiwara magnates have become what historian George B. Sansom will call "hereditary dictators."