Fujiwara_no_Fusasaki
Fujiwara no Fusasaki
Member of the Fujiwara clan
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a Japanese court noble who was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke House of the Fujiwara.[1] He served as Sangi (Associate Counselor) in the Imperial Court.
Fujiwara no Fusasaki | |
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Fujiwara no Fusasaki | |
| Native name | 藤原 房前 |
| Born | 681 |
| Died | 737 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse(s) | Muro no Oukami (daughter of Mine-ō - a descendant of Emperor Bidatsu) |
| Issue | Fujiwara no Nagate Fujiwara no Matate Fujiwara no Mitate Fujiwara no Kitanobunin And many others |
| Father | Fujiwara no Fuhito |
| Mother | Soga no Shōshi |
| Notes | |
| Relatives Fujiwara no Muchimaro (brother) Fujiwara no Miyako (brother) Fujiwara no Nagako (brother) Fujiwara no Umakai (brother) Fujiwara no Maro (brother) Empress Kōmyō (sister) Fujiwara no Tabino (brother) | |
Fusasaki was a Sangi (associate counselor) in the Daijō-kan.[2]
He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki (668–749). The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo (701–760) in the Nara Period (710–794) instructed Fusasaki, the then high-ranking minister, and a famous priest named Gyoki (668–749) to build the temple enshrining a statue of Eleven-Headed Kan'non, or Ekadasamukha in Sanskrit, as the main object of worship. Priest Gyoki fashioned the statue himself because he was also a great sculptor.[3]
Fusasaki died during a major smallpox epidemic in 737.[1][2]
- Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等, 659–720)
- Mother: Soga no Shōshi (蘇我娼子, ?–?), daughter of Soga no Murajiko (蘇我連子)
- Main-wife (seishitsu): Muro no O-Okimi (牟漏女王, ?–746), daughter of Minu-Ō (美努王)
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd son | Fujiwara no Nagate | 藤原永手 | 714–771 |
| 3rd son | Fujiwara no Matate | 藤原真楯 | 715–766 |
| 6th son | Fujiwara no Mitate | 藤原御楯 | ? –764 |
| daughter | wife of Emperor Shōmu | 北殿 | ? –760 |
- Wife: Daughter of Kusagunokura no Oyu (春日倉老)
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st son | Fujiwara no Torikai | 藤原鳥養 | ? – ? |
- Wife: Daughter of (片野朝臣)
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th son | Fujiwara no Kiyokawa | 藤原清河 | ? –778 |
| 5th son | Fujiwara no Uona | 藤原魚名 | 721–783 |
- Wife: Daughter of (阿波采)
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th son | Fujiwara no Kaedemaro | 藤原楓麻呂 | 723–776 |
- Children with unknown mother:
| Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| daughter | wife of Fujiwara no Toyonari | 藤原豊成室 | ? – ? |
| daughter | Fujiwara no Ohirako | 藤原宇比良古 | ? – 762 |
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Fusasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 202, p. 202, 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
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 224., p. 69, at Google Books
- "Sugimoto-dera". July 2002. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- 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
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