*anese nobleIn this *anese name, the surname is Fujiwara.

Fujiwara no Maro (藤原 麻呂, 695 – August 17, 737) was a *anese statesman, courtier, and politician during the Nara period. Maro established the Kyōke branch of the Fujiwara clan.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Genealogy
• 3 Notes
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career

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

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

Genealogy

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

• 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

References

• Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the *anese 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). *an encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN:978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• t...ingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du *on (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

• 水垣 久. 藤原麻呂 (in *anese). Retrieved 2007-09-22.

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.