Ōno_no_Azumabito

Ōno no Azumabito

Ōno no Azumabito

Japanese samurai

This article is about a member of the Ōno (大野) samurai clan. For the samurai of the Ono (小野) clan, see Ono no Azumabito.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōno.

Ōno no Azumabito (大野 東人, died 7 December 742) was a samurai and court official of Japan's Nara period. He was the son of Ōno no Hatayasu (大野 果安)..

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In 724, he fought alongside Fujiwara no Umakai against the Emishi people of Mutsu Province. Azumabito was later appointed to the Imperial positions of chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North) and Azechi (Inspector). He also aided in the suppression of the 740 revolt of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (the Dazai shoni of the Dazaifu on Kyushu). The rebellion ended with Fujiwara's defeat and death.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 71, p. 71, at Google Books.

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