The wolf was afforded a benign place in Japanese folklore and religious traditions: the clan leader Fujiwara no Hidehira was said to have been raised by wolves, and the wolf is often symbolically linked with mountain kami in Shinto.
Fujiwara no Teika | Fujiwara clan | Fujiwara no Kanesuke | Rika Fujiwara | Northern Fujiwara | Fujiwara no Takamitsu | Fujiwara no Shunzei | Fujiwara no Nagayoshi | Fujiwara no Hidehira | ''Tosa Nikki''　faithfully copied by Fujiwara no Teika | Tokuro Fujiwara | ''Portrait of Yoritomo'', copy of the 1179 original hanging scroll, attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu | Norika Fujiwara | Masahiko Fujiwara | Kamui Fujiwara | Hiroshi Fujiwara | Fujiwara Takanobu | Fujiwara no Tadazane | Fujiwara no Sumitomo | Fujiwara no Kamatari |
Eventually, Yoshitsune was put under the protection of Fujiwara no Hidehira, head of the powerful regional Northern Fujiwara clan in Hiraizumi, Mutsu Province.