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Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原 房前, 681 – May 25, 737) was a Japanese court noble who was a member of the Fujiwara clan and the founder of the Hokke House of the Fujiwara.[1] He served as Sangi (Associate Counselor) in the Imperial Court.
Fujiwara no Fusasaki | |
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Native name | 藤原 房前 |
Born | 681 |
Died | 737 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse(s) | Muro no Oukami (daughter of Mine-ō - a descendant of Emperor Bidatsu) |
Issue | Fujiwara no Nagate Fujiwara no Matate Fujiwara no Mitate Fujiwara no Kitanobunin And many others |
Father | Fujiwara no Fuhito |
Mother | Soga no Shōshi |
Notes | |
Relatives Fujiwara no Muchimaro (brother) Fujiwara no Miyako (brother) Fujiwara no Nagako (brother) Fujiwara no Umakai (brother) Fujiwara no Maro (brother) Empress Kōmyō (sister) Fujiwara no Tabino (brother) |
Fusasaki was a Sangi (associate counselor) in the Daijō-kan.[2]
He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the priest Gyōki (668–749). The temple's legend holds that Empress Komyo (701–760) in the Nara Period (710–794) instructed Fusasaki, the then high-ranking minister, and a famous priest named Gyoki (668–749) to build the temple enshrining a statue of Eleven-Headed Kan'non, or Ekadasamukha in Sanskrit, as the main object of worship. Priest Gyoki fashioned the statue himself because he was also a great sculptor.[3]
Fusasaki died during a major smallpox epidemic in 737.[1][2]
Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
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2nd son | Fujiwara no Nagate | 藤原永手 | 714–771 |
3rd son | Fujiwara no Matate | 藤原真楯 | 715–766 |
6th son | Fujiwara no Mitate | 藤原御楯 | ? –764 |
daughter | wife of Emperor Shōmu | 北殿 | ? –760 |
Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
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1st son | Fujiwara no Torikai | 藤原鳥養 | ? – ? |
Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
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4th son | Fujiwara no Kiyokawa | 藤原清河 | ? –778 |
5th son | Fujiwara no Uona | 藤原魚名 | 721–783 |
Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
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7th son | Fujiwara no Kaedemaro | 藤原楓麻呂 | 723–776 |
Order | Name | Japanese | Lifetime |
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daughter | wife of Fujiwara no Toyonari | 藤原豊成室 | ? – ? |
daughter | Fujiwara no Ohirako | 藤原宇比良古 | ? – 762 |
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