Fujiwara no Muchimaro

Ason Fujiwara no Muchimaro
藤原武智麻呂
Fujiwara no Muchimaro

Minister of the Left
In office August 28, 737 – August 29, 737
Monarch	Emperor Shōmu
Minister of the Right
In office 734 – August 737
Monarch	Emperor Shōmu
Dainagon
In office 729–734
Monarch	Emperor Shōmu
Head of Ministry of Civil Services
In office 718–729
Monarch	Empress Genshō

Personal details
Born	680
Died	August 29, 737
Cause of death	smallpox
Nationality	Japanese
Spouse(s)	Sada-hime
Children	Fujiwara no Toyonari Fujiwara no Nakamaro Fujiwara no Otomaro Minamidono (consort of Emperor Shōmu)
Parents	Fujiwara no Fuhito,
Occupation	kuge, politician

Fujiwara no Muchimaro (藤原武智麻呂, 680 – August 29, 737) was a Japanese courtier (kuge) and politician of the late Asuka and early Nara period. He founded the Nanke ("Southern") branch of the Fujiwara clan.^[1] His court rank is Senior First Rank.

Life[]

Muchimaro is the eldest son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, and her mother is the daughter of .

He married a granddaughter of , with whom he had two sons Fujiwara no Toyonari and Fujiwara no Nakamaro. Among his daughters was consort of Emperor Shōmu.

Muchimaro became the head of Ministry of Civil Services in 718. When Fuhito, Muchimaro's father, died in 720, Prince Nagaya was at the highest rank in the state government. Prince Nagaya was grandson of Emperor Tenmu, but not a son of Fujiwara family, therefore was seen as a threat by Muchimaro and his three brothers. After successfully removing Prince Nagaya in 729, Muchimaro rose to Dainagon (Counselor of the first rank).

In 734, he was promoted to Udaijin or "Minister of the Right".^[1] In 737, he was made Sadaijin or "Minister of the Left", but died of smallpox the following day.^[1]

The History of the Fujiwara House (Tōshi Kaden 藤氏家伝) included his biography and states the following: "Muchimaro, the Fujiwara Great Minister of the Left, was a man from the Sakyō district. He was the oldest son of the Head of the Council of State Fuhito, and his mother was a daughter of the Soga Great Minister of the Treasury. He was born in the mansion at Ōhara on the fifteenth day of the fourth month of 680, the ninth year since the enthronement of the sovereign Tenmu. Because he cultivated righteousness, he received this name."^[2]

Family[]

Father: Fujiwara no Fuhito
Mother: Soga no Shōshi (蘇我娼子, ?–?), daughter of Soga no Murajiko (蘇我連子).
- Main Wife: Sada-hime (阿倍貞媛, 阿倍貞吉 or 阿倍真虎), grand-daughter of Abe no Miushi (阿倍御主人).
  - 1st son: Fujiwara no Toyonari (藤原豊成, 704–765)
  - 2nd son: Fujiwara no Nakamaro (藤原仲麻呂, 706–764)
- Wife: name unknown, daughter of Ki no Maro (紀麻呂).
  - 3rd son: Fujiwara no Otomaro (藤原乙麻呂, ?–760?)
- Wife: (阿祢姫), daughter of (小治田功麻呂).
  - 4th son: Fujiwara no Kosemaro (藤原巨勢麻呂, ?–764)
- Wife: name unknown
  - Daughter: Minamidono (南殿, ?–748), consort of Emperor Shōmu.

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c entry for "Fujiwara no Muchimaro
^ Bauer, Mikael (2020). The History of the Fujiwara House. Kent, UK: Renaissance Books. pp. 71–72. ISBN 1912961180.

References[]

Bauer, Mikael. The History of the Fujiwara House. Kent, UK: Renaissance Books, 2020. ISBN 1912961180.
Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. (pp. 247–249)
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

External links[]

Sonpi Bunmyaku, viewable through the Digital Archive of National Diet Library (Japan).

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Fujiwara family tree

Notes

In the 13th century, the main line of the Fujiwara family split into "Five regent houses": the Kujō, Nijō and Ichijō (descendants of Kanezane); and also the Konoe and Takatsukasa (descendants of Motozane). To view the complete family tree, visit Fujiwara family tree.

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Fujiwara no Muchimaro

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