Fujiwara no Maro explained

Fujiwara no Maro
Birth Date:	695
Death Date:	17 August 737
Nationality:	Japanese
Other Names:	Banri (万里)
Spouse:	Many
Issue:	Fujiwara no Momoyoshi Fujiwara no Hamanari Fujiwara no Tsunatori Fujiwara no Katsuhito
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

was a Japanese statesman, courtier, and politician during the Nara period.^[1] Maro established the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan.

Career

Maro was a minister (sakyō no dayū) during the reign of Emperor Shōmu.^[2]

• 737 (Tenpyō 9, 7th month): Maro died at age 43.^[3] A major smallpox epidemic caused the deaths of Maro and his three brothers.^[4]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuhito.^[1] Maro had three brothers: Fusasaki, Muchimaro and Umakai. These four brothers are known for having established the "four houses" of the Fujiwara.^[5]

• 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).

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
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; 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

External links

• Web site: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/maro.html . 2007-09-22 . 水垣 久 . ja:藤原麻呂 . Japanese.

Notes and References

1. [Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]
2. [Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]
3. Titsingh,
4. Brinkley,
5. Brinkley, ; 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."