Fujiwara_no_Tsuginawa

Fujiwara no Tsuginawa

Fujiwara no Tsuginawa

Japanese statesman, courtier and politician


Fujiwara no Tsuginawa (藤原継縄, 727–796), also known as Fujiwara no Tsugutada[1] and Monozomo no Udajin,[2] was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.[3]

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Career

In 780 (Hōki 11), Tsuginawa is given the title sei-i-tai-shogun (barbarian subduing general) for an expedition to northern Honshu to subdue the emishi, also known as the ebisu.[4]

Tsuginawa served as a minister during the reign of Emperor Kanmu.

  • 788 (Enryaku 7, 1st month): Tsuginawa participates in the coming of age ceremony for Ate-shinno (安殿親王) who would become Emperor Heizei.[5]
  • 790 (Enryaku 9, 2nd month): Tsuginawa was named udaijin.[6]
  • 796 (Enryaku 15, 16th day of the 7th month): Tsuginawa died at age 70.[7]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Toyonari.[3]

He was the father of Fujiwara no Otoaki.[8]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Fujiwara no Tsuginawa, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 10 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 50+ library holdings.[9]

  • 続日本紀 (1657)
  • Shoku Nihongi (1940)

Notes

  1. Library of Congress Authority File, Fujiwara, Tsuginawa
  2. "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 211, 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., p. 203, at Google Books
  4. Brinkley, pp. 220–221., p. 220, at Google Books
  5. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 88, p. 88, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tsougou tsouna", pre-Hepburn romanization
  6. Titsingh, p. 89, p. 89, at Google Books.
  7. Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past, p. 278, p. 278, at Google Books; Titsingh, p. 90, p. 90, at Google Books.
  8. "Fujiwara no Otoaki • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史". . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史. Retrieved 2022-12-30.

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