Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu

Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu

Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu (藤原常嗣, d. 840) was a Japanese scholar and diplomat.

Mission to China

In 833, Emperor Nimmyō named Tsunetsugu the Imperial ambassador to China.[1] He was the last envoy from Japan to China during the Heian period.[2]

The diplomatic mission left Kyushu in 838; Tsunetsugu returned to Japan in 839.[3] The mission party included the Buddhist monk Ennin.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). A History of Japan to 1334, p. 134.
  2. 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tsunetsugu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 211.
  3. ↑ Sansom, p. 135.
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