Fujiwara no Toyonari
Fujiwara no Toyonari (藤原豊成?, 704–765) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.[1]
Career
Toyonari served as a minister during the reigns of Emperor Shōmu, Empress Kōken, Emperor Junnin and Empress Shōtoku.
- 749 ( 4th month): Toyonari was promoted in rank from dainagon to a rank equivalent to udaijin.[2]
- 765 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Toyonari died at age 62.[3]
Genealogy
This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Muchimaro.[1] Toyonari's brothers were Nakamaro[4] and Otomaro.[5]
Toyonari was the father of Fujiwara no Tsuginawa.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Toyonari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 211 at Google Books; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203. at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 73 at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Toyo nari", pre-Hepburn romanization
- ^ Titsingh, p. 78 at Google Books.
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Nakamoro" at p. 207 at Google Books
- ^ Brinkley, p. 259. at Google Books
- ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa" at p. 211 at Google Books
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- In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into five families or houses: the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane).
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Fujiwara no Toyonari |
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