Fujiwara no Toyonari (藤原豊成, 704–765) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.[1]

Fujiwara no Toyonari
Fujiwara no Toyonari
Born704
Died765
NationalityJapanese
ParentsFujiwara no Muchimaro (father)

Career

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Toyonari served as a minister during the reigns of Emperor Shōmu, Empress Kōken, Emperor Junnin and Empress Shōtoku.

  • 749 (4th month): Toyonari was promoted in rank from dainagon to a rank equivalent to udaijin.[2]
  • 765 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Toyonari died at age 62.[3]

Genealogy

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This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Muchimaro.[1] Toyonari's brothers were Nakamaro[4] and Otomaro.[5]

Toyonari was the father of Fujiwara no Tsuginawa.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Toyonari" 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
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 73, p. 73, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Toyo nari", pre-Hepburn romanization
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 78, p. 78, at Google Books.
  4. ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Nakamoro" at p. 207, p. 207, at Google Books
  5. ^ Brinkley, p. 259., p. 259, at Google Books
  6. ^ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Tsuginawa" at p. 211, p. 211, at Google Books

References

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  • Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. OCLC 413099
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 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