Fujiwara no Maro
{{short description|Japanese noble}}
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|name = Fujiwara no Maro
|image =Fujiwara no Muchimaro and Maro.png
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|caption =Fujiwara no Muchimaro and Fujiwara no Maro, from Zenken Kojitsu
|birth_date = 695
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|death_date = 17 August 737
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|nationality = Japanese
|other_names =Banri (万里)
|heir =
|spouse =Many
|issue =Fujiwara no Momoyoshi
Fujiwara no Hamanari
Fujiwara no Tsunatori
Fujiwara no Katsuhito
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|footnotes =Relatives
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (brother)
Fujiwara no Muchimaro (brother)
Fujiwara no Miyako (brother)
Fujiwara no Nagako (brother)
Fujiwara no Umakai (brother)
Empress Kōmyō (sister)
Fujiwara no Tabino (brother)
|native_name=藤原 麻呂|native_name_lang=Japanese|father=Fujiwara no Fuhito|mother=Ioe no Iratsume}}
{{family name hatnote|Fujiwara|lang=Japanese}}
{{nihongo|Fujiwara no Maro|藤原 麻呂||extra=695 – August 17, 737}} was a Japanese statesman, courtier, and politician during the Nara period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Umakai" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 205|page=205}}; Brinkley, Frank. (1915). {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era, p. 203.|page=203}} Maro established the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan.
Career
Maro was a minister (sakyō no dayū) during the reign of Emperor Shōmu.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 70|page=70}}; see "Fousiwara-no Maro", pre-Hepburn romanization
- 737 (Tenpyō 9, 7th month): Maro died at age 43.Titsingh,{{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 69|page=69}} The 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic caused the death of Maro and all three of his brothers, all in the same year.Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 190.|page=190}}
Genealogy
This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuhito. Maro had three brothers: Fusasaki, Muchimaro and Umakai. The four brothers are known for having established the "four houses" of the Fujiwara.Brinkley, {{Google books|JlUCAAAAYAAJ|p. 203.|page=203}}; excerpt, "Muchimaro's home, being in the south (nan) of the capital, was called Nan-ke; Fusazaki's, being in the north (hoku), was termed Hoku-ke; Umakai's was spoken of as Shiki-ke, since he presided over the Department of Ceremonies (shiki), and Maro's went by the name of Kyō-ke, this term also having reference to his office."
- Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等, 659–720)
- Mother: Ioe-no-iratsume (五百重娘, ?–?), former wife of Emperor Tenmu.
- Wife: Lady from the Taima clan (当麻氏)
- Daughter: Fujiwara no Momoyoshi (藤原百能, 720–782)
- Wife: name unknown, daughter of Inaba no Kimame (稲葉気豆)
- 1st son: Fujiwara no Hamanari (藤原浜成, 724–790)
- Children with unknown mother:
- Son: Fujiwara no Tsunatora (藤原綱執)
- Son: Fujiwara no Katsuhito (藤原勝人)
- Possible wife: Ōtomo no Sakanoue-no-iratsume (大伴坂上郎女), daughter of Ōtomo no Yasumaro (大伴安麻呂).
Notes
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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. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/413099 OCLC 413099]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon] (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/maro.html |accessdate=2007-09-22 |author=水垣 久 |script-title=ja:藤原麻呂 |language=Japanese}}
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Category:People of Nara-period Japan
Category:Deaths from smallpox in Japan
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