Fujiwara no Toyonari

Fujiwara no Toyonari
Born 704
Died 765
Nationality Japanese
Parents Fujiwara no Muchimaro (father)
In this Japanese name, the family name is Fujiwara.

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

Career

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

Genealogy

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

  1. 1 2 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

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