Fujiwara no Yoshisuke explained

Fujiwara no Yoshisuke
Birth Date:	813
Death Date:	867
Nationality:	Japanese
Parents:	Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu (father)

was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.^[1]

Career at court

He was a minister during the reign of Emperor Montoku.^[1]

• 857 (Ten'an 1, 2nd month): Yoshisuke was made udaijin.^[2]

Yoshisuke helped to write the Shoku Nihon Kōki.^[1]

Genealogy

This member of the Fujiwara clan was the son of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu.^[1] Yoshisuke's brothers were Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, Fujiwara no Nagayoshi^[3] and Fujiwara no Yoshikado.^[4]

He was father to Fujiwara no Tagakishi and Fujiwara no Tamishi.^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Yoshisuke" in ; Brinkley, Frank et al. (1915).
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; see "Fousiwara-no Yosi souke", pre-Hepburn romanization
3. Brinkley,
4. Florenz, Karl. (1906)
5. Web site: Fujiwara no Yoshisuke • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 . 2023-01-05 . . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 . en-GB.