Fujiwara no Tsuginawa

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

Fujiwara no Tsuginawa
Born727
Died796
NationalityJapanese
ParentsFujiwara no Toyonari (father)

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.[3]

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.[4]
  • 790 (Enryaku 9, 2nd month): Tsuginawa was named udaijin.[5]
  • 796 (Enryaku 15, 16th day of the 7th month): Tsuginawa died at age 70.[6]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Toyonari.[2]

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.[7]

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

Notes

  1. Library of Congress Authority File, Fujiwara, Tsuginawa
  2. 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
  3. Brinkley, pp. 220–221., p. 220, at Google Books
  4. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 88, p. 88, at Google Books; see "Fousiwara-no Tsougou tsouna", pre-Hepburn romanization
  5. Titsingh, p. 89, p. 89, at Google Books.
  6. 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.
  7. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: 藤原継縄 727-796?

References

  • 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
  • Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
  • 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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