Fujiwara no Yoshisuke

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Fujiwara no Yoshisuke
Born 813
Died 867
Nationality Japanese
Parents Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu (father)

Fujiwara no Yoshisuke (813-867) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.[1]

Career at court

He was a minister during the reign of Emperor Montoku.[1]

Yoshisuke helped to write the Shoku Nihon Kōki.[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.[1] Yoshisuke's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no Nagayoshi[3] and Fujiwara no Yoshikado.[4]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshisuke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 212, p. 212, 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. 239., p. 239, at Google Books
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 114., p. 114, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi souke", pre-Hepburn romanization
  3. Brinkley, p. 203., p. 203, at Google Books
  4. Florenz, Karl. (1906) Geschichte der japanischen Litteratur, Vols. 1-2, p. 208., p. 208, at Google Books

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