Fujiwara Takaie

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Fujiwara".

Fujiwara no Takaie (藤原 隆家?, 979 - February 2, 1044), the regional governor of Kyūshū (Dazai gon no sochi). Takaie had been sent down from Kyoto to Kyūshū. He was the son of Fujiwara no Michitaka.

Takaie successfully led the defense of Dazaifu against the Toi invasion of 1019[1]

References

  1. ^ Batten, Bruce Loyd (2006). Gateway to Japan: Hakata in war and peace, 500-1300. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 96–101. ISBN 9780824830298. http://books.google.com/books?id=vaSzIi_HQlsC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=Fujiwara+Takaie&source=bl&ots=0yhF5M44-i&sig=yx3I2wMpzN9gen9A7Eh0sXObQiw&hl=en&ei=7mLcSeynEo36kAX219WVDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#PPA97,M1. Retrieved 2009-04-08.