Fujiwara no Kurajimaro
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Fujiwara no Kurajimaro | |
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Born | 734 |
Died | 775 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Parents | Fujiwara no Umakai (father) |
In this Japanese name, the family name is "Fujiwara".
Fujiwara no Kurajimaro (藤原蔵下麻呂, 734-775) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period of Japanese history.[1]
Career at court
He was a minister during the reign of Empress Shōtoku. He held positions of hyōbu-kyō (chief military officer) and sangi (associate counselor).[1]
Shotoku placed her imperial bodyguards under the command of Kurajimaro.[2]
In 764, Kurajimaro was a leader of forces opposing Fujiwara no Nakamaro, also known as Emi no Oshikatsu.[3] Nakamaro and others unsuccessfully plotted with Emperor Junnin against retired Empress Kōken and the monk Dōkyō.
After stability was restored, Kurajimaro was placed in charge of the party escorting Emperor Junnin to Awaji province.[4]
Genealogy
Otsugu's father was Fujiwara no Umakai.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Kurajimaro" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 205, p. 205, at Google Books.
- ↑ Hall, John Whitney. (1993). The Cambridge History of Japan: Ancient Japan, p. 264., p. 264, at Google Books
- ↑ Nussbaum, p. 205, p. 205, at Google Books; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 77., p. 77, at Google Books
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 173.
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
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