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Fujiwara No Kiyonari
'' Sonpi Bunmyaku'' was a Japanese noble of the Nara period. He was the third son of the '' sangi'' Fujiwara no Umakai, the founder of the Fujiwara Shikike. He held no court ranks or titles. Genealogy *Father: Fujiwara no Umakai *Mother: , daughter of *Wife: daughter of **Son: Fujiwara no Tanetsugu was a Japanese noble of the late Nara period. He was the grandson of the '' sangi'' Fujiwara no Umakai, the founder of the Fujiwara Shikike. He reached the court rank of and the position of ''chūnagon''. He was posthumously awarded the rank o ... (737-785) *Other children: **, possibly instead a son of Tanetsugu **, court lady of Emperor Kanmu Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujiwara no, Kiyonari Fujiwara clan 716 births 777 deaths People of Nara-period Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikike
The was a cadet branch of the Fujiwara clan founded by Fujiwara no Umakai, i.e., one of the four great houses of the Fujiwara, founded by the so-called , who were sons of Fujiwara no Fuhito. The name derives from the fact that the founder Umakai held the office of , or the head of the .Brinkley, ; excerpt, "Muchimaro's home, being in the south (''nan'') of the capital, was called ''Nan-ke''; Fusazaki's, being in the north (''hoku''), was termed ''Hoku-ke''; Umakai's was spoken of as ''Shiki-ke'', since he presided over the Department of Ceremonies (''Shiki''), and Maro's went by the name of ''Kyō-ke'', this term also having reference to his office." Thus Shikike may be translated the "Ceremonials House." The other branches were the Nanke (the eldest brother Muchimaro's line), Hokke ( Fusasaki's line), and the Kyōke (Fujiwara no Maro's line). Umakai's son mounted a rebellion named after his name in 740, which ended with suppression and his death, spelling ill-fortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujiwara No Umakai
was a Japanese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Umakai" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915). The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, he founded the Shikike ("Ceremonials") branch of the Fujiwara clan. Career He was a diplomat during the reign of Empress Genshō;Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Nokiafi", pre- Hepburn romanization and he was minister during the reign of Emperor Shōmu. In the Imperial court, Umakai was the chief of protocol ('' Shikibu-kyō''). * 716 (''Reiki 2''): Along with , and , Umakai was named to be part of a Japanese diplomatic mission to Tang China in 717-718. Kibi no Makibi and the Buddhist monk Genbō were also part of the entourage. * 724 ('' Jinki 1, 1st month''): Umakai led an army against the ''emishi''; but this military campaign was later judged to have been unsuccessful. * 729 (''Tenpyō 1''): The emperor invested Umakai with the power to rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonpi Bunmyaku
is a Japanese genealogical text. Originally written by Tōin Kinsada in the late 14th century, it was either 15 or 16 volumes in length. This was followed by re-edited editions eventually bringing the text to thirty volumes in length. The full title is 新編纂圖本朝尊卑分脈系譜雜類要集, and it is an old Japanese book that is a collection of genealogies of noble people. The book is considered one of primary sources for the study of genealogies of nobility in Japan, in particular for nobles of Heian and Kamakura periods. The book is also known under the title and . Not every part of the book survived, but those that survived tend to be detailed about members of Fujiwara clan and Minamoto clan. Like other major genealogies books, the real names of women (e.g., Murasaki Shikibu), except for very few, were not mentioned in the book. Its contents include genealogies for the following families: * Abe * Fujiwara * Kamo clan * Ki * Minamoto * Mononobe * Nakatomi * Ōe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nara Period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kanmu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784, before moving to Heian-kyō, modern Kyoto, a decade later in 794. Japanese society during this period was predominantly agricultural and centered on village life. Most of the villagers followed Shintō, a religion based on the worship of natural and ancestral spirits named ''kami.'' The capital at Nara was modeled after Chang'an, the capital city of the Tang dynasty. In many other ways, the Japanese upper classes patterned themselves after the Chinese, including adopting the Chinese writing system, Chinese fashion, and a Chinese version of Buddhism. Literature Concentrated efforts by the imperial court to record its history produced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangi (Japan)
was an associate counselor in the Imperial court of Japan from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sangi" in . This was a position in the ''daijō-kan'', or early feudal Japanese government. It was established in 702 by the Code of Taihō. In the ranks of the Imperial bureaucracy, the ''Sangi'' came between the ''Shōnagon'' (minor councillors) and those with more narrowly defined roles, such as the ''Sadaiben'' and ''Udaiben'' who were the administrators charged with oversight of the eight ministries of the government.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). In an early review of the Imperial hierarchy, Julius Klaproth's 1834 supplement to ''Nihon Odai Ichiran'' conflated the hierarchical position with a functional role as the director of palace affairs. Prominent among those holding this office were three brothers: * Fujiwara no Fusasaki held the office of ''Sangi'' until he died in 737 ''(Tenpyō 9, 4th month'')Titsingh, * Fuji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujiwara No Tanetsugu
was a Japanese noble of the late Nara period. He was the grandson of the '' sangi'' Fujiwara no Umakai, the founder of the Fujiwara Shikike. He reached the court rank of and the position of ''chūnagon''. He was posthumously awarded the rank of and the position of ''daijō-daijin''. Life The ''Shoku Nihongi'' first mentions Tanetsugu in 766, when he was promoted from to . Two years later, in 768, he was appointed as governor of Mimasaka Province. Thanks to the Shikike's staunch support of Emperor Kōnin's ascension, the family was successful in his court. Tanetsugu held various positions as a provincial governor, as well as civil and military roles, and was steadily promoted through the ranks, reaching in 781. After the deaths of his uncles Fujiwara no Yoshitsugu and Fujiwara no Momokawa, Tanetsugu came to represent the Shikike as the oldest grandson of Umakai. Along with the ascension of Emperor Kanmu in 781, Tanetsugu was promoted to . With the Emperor's deep trust, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Kanmu
, or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 桓武天皇 (50) retrieved 2013-8-22. according to the traditional order of succession. Kanmu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak. Traditional narrative Kanmu's personal name (''imina'') was .Brown, p. 277 He was the eldest son of Prince Shirakabe (later known as ), and was born prior to Shirakabe's ascension to the throne. According to the , Yamabe's mother, Yamato no Niigasa (later called |
Fujiwara Clan
was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. They held the title of Ason. The abbreviated form is . The 8th century clan history ''Tōshi Kaden'' (藤氏家伝) states the following at the biography of the clan's patriarch, Fujiwara no Kamatari (614–669): "Kamatari, the Inner Palace Minister who was also called ‘Chūrō'',''’ was a man of the Takechi district of Yamato Province. His forebears descended from Ame no Koyane no Mikoto; for generations they had administered the rites for Heaven and Earth, harmonizing the space between men and the gods. Therefore, it was ordered their clan was to be called Ōnakatomi" The clan originated when the founder, Nakatomi no Kamatari (614–669) of the Nakatomi clan, was rewarded by Emperor Tenji with the honori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
716 Births
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777 Deaths
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